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This may not work for women (I think someone else brought this up) but I

tuck the shoulder strap under my left arm so it rides across my chest.

However, a couple months ago, I did get pulled over and given a warning

about wearing it that way. When I pointed out to the officer that I

recently had throat surgery, and having a shoulder strap laying right across

my throat probably wasn't safe, he told me I still needed to get a doctor's

note, and then a sticker on my license which allow me to wear the seatbelt

in this manner.

Bill

On 6/6/07, Rickerruth@... <Rickerruth@...> wrote:

>

> I think it's a balancing act, constantly weighing the pros and cons. The

>

> seatbelt is supposed to be much less effective, if at all, if the shoulder

> part

> is not worn " properly " . Ideally, if the lowest setting provided by the car

>

> is not low enough in terms of where it cuts across shoulder and neck, then

> we

> should get one of the commercially available doo-hickeys, perhaps from the

>

> dealer, I thought someone had mentioned that possibility in the past, or

> one

> of the plastic clips sold for little old ladies to use when driving. I've

> also

> heard that the lapbelt part of the seatbelt is not effective if it's

> pulled

> up (by an inappropriately placed doo-hickey) above the lap-waist (supposed

> to

> be below belly, a location which is much easier to figure out now that I'm

>

> middle-aged). The dilemma that's raised for me, that Patti mentioned, was

> if

> I had the shoulder belt appropriately placed, as in hitting my shoulder

> and

> lap correctly, but still I couldn't reach necessary controls easily,

> comfortably, and therefore, safely, then I decided that I needed to be

> closer to the

> steering wheel. For me, that was the balancing act. I'm going to take the

> chance on being an inch closer to the airbag, but wearing the seatbelt

> correctly (if it's useless to wear it but wear it wrong) while still being

> able to

> safely reach the ancillary controls. I had to reassess this again a week

> or

> two ago when I had some back pain issues and couldn't reach as far as

> usual,

> and put an additional inch of foam rubber behind me for a few days. Sure,

> I

> was even closer to the airbag now, but the last thing I wanted was to have

> pain

> inhibit my driving safely in neurotic Boston traffic. I was amazed at how

> much more comfortable that one inch made. I also have a theory that any

> bout

> of back issues that I can't attribute to carrying something stupid, stems

> somehow from driving, because that's when I'm most likely to make a

> sudden,

> asymmetrical movement with tense muscles to boot.

>

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