Evening fellow members

 

I have a small problem, its my other half, when she is passenger the seat belt digs into her neck, she is only little and a booster seat is out of the question, just wondering if this can be rectified by raising the seat some how, has anyone else had this ?

 

There is an old thread but no solutions  ,

 

I had suggested trading her in for a more leggy model,   luckily my black eye has now virtually disappeared  .

 

Any help would be reet grand

You used to be able to get seat belt clips which would help.

Halfords?

http://www.halfords.com/kids-zone/car-seat-travel-accessories/child-safety/carpoint-seat-belt-clips-x2

Ooo , thanks, I shall have to look into how these work/ fit

Cheers

Nice. Car makers spend $$$ to study, engineer and install safety devices like the pre-tensioned belts... and then, with a few quids you can defeat all their efficacy and have a personally installed garrota.

Edited 20 September, 20169 yr by duro

Seat belt tensioning during a crash is done through the seat belt receptacle

Seatbelt tensioner acts via the upper side of the belt (the one going across the torso), at least in all the cars I've ever seen (and I'm pretty sure it works like that in all 3-point seatbelts). Therefore, anything impeding the tensioning of the belt transforms it in a harmful object because in case of crash the body will be thrusted against the belt itself. This is what seatbelts manufacturers, car makers and safety drive instructors say and it sounds pretty reasonable. And also why insurance is not paid for body wounds if provoked by un-properly tightened seatbelts.

BTW, this is the reason why "rolling" seatbelts were invented. Because fixed ones were unconfortable when tightened and people tended to keep them a bit loose.

Even those clips which lower the top belt by clipping it to the lower part are dangerous, because in case of crash a plastic clip surely won't resist the sudden and strong pull and the upper part of the belt would suddenly jump up with foreseable consequences.

Seatbelt tensioner acts via the upper side of the belt (the one going across the torso), at least in all the cars I've ever seen (and I'm pretty sure it works like that in all 3-point seatbelts). Therefore, anything impeding the tensioning of the belt transforms it in a harmful object because in case of crash the body will be thrusted against the belt itself. This is what seatbelts manufacturers, car makers and safety drive instructors say and it sounds pretty reasonable. And also why insurance is not paid for body wounds if provoked by un-properly tightened seatbelts.

BTW, this is the reason why "rolling" seatbelts were invented. Because fixed ones were unconfortable when tightened and people tended to keep them a bit loose.

Even those clips which lower the top belt by clipping it to the lower part are dangerous, because in case of crash a plastic clip surely won't resist the sudden and strong pull and the upper part of the belt would suddenly jump up with foreseable consequences.

In the event of an accident the pretensioners in the seat belt receptacle are pulled down to the floor to tension the seat belt

In the citigo there is no pretensioner on the buckle, it is mounted on a solid metal bracket

unlike many cars VAG cars have the seat belt pre tensioners in the belt reels,

In the event of an accident the pretensioners in the seat belt receptacle are pulled down to the floor to tension the seat belt

Are the Citigo seat belts different to every other Skoda belt in the last 16 years?

When I had a car where the seat belt was in the wrong place for me, I just held it with a clothes peg which popped off if the belt was tugged as in MOT.

Are the Citigo seat belts different to every other Skoda belt in the last 16 years?

Perhaps Skoda is different. It's how the majority of manufacturers have their seat belts set up.

Iirc it was Ford who first brought it to the UK along with anti submarining seats with the mk1 Mondeo.