Than their required use. Gendered crash test dummies have been a thing for a long time, but AFAIK prior to this there was no anatomical requirements at all, including children (?). Obviously it’s huge to include this since IDK a single woman who doesn’t have troubles with the extremely male-focused design of all modern cars (fucking seatbelts do not play well with tits (how is this still a thing) women can’t adjust mirrors to be useful since they sit below the sight envelope, blind spots, etc), but this is a bit sensationaist of a headline…
fucking seatbelts do not play well with tits (how is this still a thing)
This sounds hard to solve, especially for women with fuller bosom. I’m assuming that the car has a mechanism that allows raising/lowering the seatbelt height, and that this didn’t solve the issue…
The answer would probably be a harness, like they use for racing, but it’s so inconvenient to use as to not actually being a solution to a boob-squashing neck-sawing strap.
Speaking as somebody with a fuller bosom, as you mentioned, the problem is mostly the angle of the shoulder belt. There is an adjustable slide, but it only adjusts four or five inches, which simply isn’t enough for the seven inches difference between my partner and I. The end of the belt is by my ear, not my shoulder. I’m constantly tugging the shoulder belt lower when I’m in the car, either passenger or driver, which is really not safe.
In 2018, I was in a car crash. I was driving a 1998 minivan and got t-boned by a 2006 SUV going 55mph. It turned the van into a banana, pushed the driver’s seat over to the center. I don’t remember the accident itself, but it looks like my head bounced between the B pillar and the airbag/steering wheel, it broke my glasses, cracked my skull, and gave me a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage with a 50/50 survival rate. Literally knocked me cross-eyed, so I was seeing double for forever. It also broke my pelvis into 8 pieces, sliced up my spleen, and broke a few ribs. I still have a bolt holding my pelvis to my spine. Took over a year to recover, then COVID hit while I was trying to get back to work. fml, never doing that again.
Maybe it would have been better if I had side curtain airbags, but the main problem really feels like the seatbelt just doesn’t fit.
Than their required use. Gendered crash test dummies have been a thing for a long time, but AFAIK prior to this there was no anatomical requirements at all, including children (?). Obviously it’s huge to include this since IDK a single woman who doesn’t have troubles with the extremely male-focused design of all modern cars (fucking seatbelts do not play well with tits (how is this still a thing) women can’t adjust mirrors to be useful since they sit below the sight envelope, blind spots, etc), but this is a bit sensationaist of a headline…
This sounds hard to solve, especially for women with fuller bosom. I’m assuming that the car has a mechanism that allows raising/lowering the seatbelt height, and that this didn’t solve the issue…
The answer would probably be a harness, like they use for racing, but it’s so inconvenient to use as to not actually being a solution to a boob-squashing neck-sawing strap.
Speaking as somebody with a fuller bosom, as you mentioned, the problem is mostly the angle of the shoulder belt. There is an adjustable slide, but it only adjusts four or five inches, which simply isn’t enough for the seven inches difference between my partner and I. The end of the belt is by my ear, not my shoulder. I’m constantly tugging the shoulder belt lower when I’m in the car, either passenger or driver, which is really not safe.
In 2018, I was in a car crash. I was driving a 1998 minivan and got t-boned by a 2006 SUV going 55mph. It turned the van into a banana, pushed the driver’s seat over to the center. I don’t remember the accident itself, but it looks like my head bounced between the B pillar and the airbag/steering wheel, it broke my glasses, cracked my skull, and gave me a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage with a 50/50 survival rate. Literally knocked me cross-eyed, so I was seeing double for forever. It also broke my pelvis into 8 pieces, sliced up my spleen, and broke a few ribs. I still have a bolt holding my pelvis to my spine. Took over a year to recover, then COVID hit while I was trying to get back to work. fml, never doing that again.
Maybe it would have been better if I had side curtain airbags, but the main problem really feels like the seatbelt just doesn’t fit.
Oh my god, what a nightmare… I hope you’re at least somewhat OK after all that, it doesn’t sound like something many people would survive.
Glad you’re still with us, hope you’re doing well, that crash sounds awful.
I want off Mr Bones wild ride lol