Many seatbelts have a locking position if you pull them ALL the way out.
Comes in handy for installing child seats, since there is no pull on the belt as you thread it through the seat.
Then you just give it a quick tug and it takes the slack back out of it.
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Tensioner locked upon impact and that's the buckle we're seeing?
Hard to tell....
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Or the car's retractor on the seat belt is just old and doesn't work like on my car.
So what's the answer and what does it mean? While I've heard of pretensioners on newer cars I've never thought to check it on a scene. What's the benefit of looking for it? I would think that it would indicate the same thing as a deployed airbag (that there was a significant high speed impact) which is easier to see in your 360.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Edit: Looking at the pic again, if that's where the pretensioner locked the seat belt (if that's even what were looking at), it seems too short to have gone across the hips of even the smallest adult. Maybe it's the angle of the pic, but it just looks too short to me. Almost as if they had it buckled but were sitting on the belt instead of wearing it. I don't know, just throwing ideas out there.
Edit: Looking at the pic again, if that's where the pretensioner locked the seat belt (if that's even what were looking at), it seems too short to have gone across the hips of even the smallest adult. Maybe it's the angle of the pic, but it just looks too short to me. Almost as if they had it buckled but were sitting on the belt instead of wearing it. I don't know, just throwing ideas out there.
Nice topic.
The seat looks like its moved all the way up... so, not sure about it being too short.
Good catch though.
I am now a past chief and the views, opinions, and comments are mine and mine alone. I do not speak for any department or in any official capacity. Although, they would be smart to listen to me.
"The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list."
"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water."
I would say the pre-tensioner that was on the retractor mounted in the b-pillar fired. Most pre-tensioner are only going to move the belt a couple of inches.
If the pretensioner fired it would have drawn the seat belt in tight. Not make it slack as the pic shows. I think a rescuer cut the seat belt at the base of the b-post to get it out of the way to remove the patient.
If the pretensioner fired it would have drawn the seat belt in tight. Not make it slack as the pic shows. I think a rescuer cut the seat belt at the base of the b-post to get it out of the way to remove the patient.
Doesn't tighten it THAT much.Belts are designed to fit snugly and a pretensioner when it fires adds say another inch or so of tension. AND locks the belt. At least thats my experience with them. T.C.
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