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more about #seatbelts more comments → vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in: looking at how the belts inflate all i see is the "balloon" increasing in front of the belt. The rigid belt webbing is still again your chest ready t... more » Vicarious-Chair: How about we all just don't drive like dumbasses? #seatbelts more » KeyserSoze: It seems like a good enough idea at first blush, but now, when you wreck you have to repack the $1,000+ airbags and steering wheel, AND now replace th... more » fuchikoma: Sounds like a great idea to me... we've all probably heard myths about people being cut in half by seatbelts, and certainly felt them when slamming on... more » tempesjo: If memory serves me correctly, this sounds like a reworking of the well-intentioned but ultimately unpopular "pillow of flames" technology from the Fo... more » ChiefPontiaxe: Sorry, now I can't get this song out of my head. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm! #seatbelts more » okidokedork: Kudos to Ford, that's pretty cool. I wonder why Volvo didn't come up with this one first, they are usually always on top of the safety improvements. ... more » dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: Looks like a good idea to me, as long as the balloon doesn't cover little timmy's mouth. #seatbelts more » wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: I don't know why people are so quick to discredit this new technology. Everybody loves Sock 'Em Boppers. #seatbelts more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Interesting, but why hasn't someone invented a delivery system for Great Stuff-like foam? Granted, you'll never get it off you, but if it solidified... more » skaycog was here: Kudos to Ford on an inflatable seat belt! This will provide better protection, not only for our children, but for other things we hold dear to our he... more » OldeEnglishD: I am still waiting for the foam from Demolition Man... #seatbelts more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Seatbelts - now Totally Tubular #seatbelts more » failback: It is totally inaccurate to claim that "Ford was the first automaker to introduce seat belts in 1955...." That honor goes to the Nash-Kelvinator Corp... more » VeeArrrSix: Umm yeah... fresh idea. #seatbelts more » -
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Ford's Inflatable Seat Belt Explained, Exploded
Yesterday we told you about the Ford inflatable seat belt that's definitely not an airbag. Today we get to see just how the thing works with crash event test footage and additional explanation on why Ford says they're important. -
#autotech
Ford Unveils Inflatable Seat Belt...You Know, For Kids!
Ford just unveiled their new not-an-air-bag inflatable seat belt here in Dearborn, a device Ford adamantly claims will not decapitate the big, heavy heads of small children or compress the thoraxes of the elderly. More » -
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Ford To Unveil Rear Seat Belt Air Bag Tech
We'll be on hand later today when Ford will unveil a new safety technology — airbags in rear seat belts. We hope they'll work better than Chrysler's discontinued neck seatbelts. -
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Girls In Seat Belts Fetish: Equal Parts Creepy, Hot
As far as fetishes go, girls in seat belts makes sense to us, it's also probably one of the safest. All we know is, we bet you'll never look at a seat belt the same way after this NSFW mega-gallery. More » -
