Do you think this is useful/safe?
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skaterbabs
Well-known member
It'a an interesting idea....
It might be safe, but you are completely trusting the manufacturer, since I don't know that any government or independent testing or regulations apply.
In addition to the issues with how such a product could be adequately vetted safety-wise, I can't imagine it would very comfortable for a pregnant woman to use. Speaking from the perspective of my pregnancy experience, I don't think the added pressure this product would place on the groin/bladder area during normal use (not even talking about a crash scenario here, just using it during normal driving conditions) while in the later stages of pregnancy would be welcomed by the target market. :twocents:
Synchro246
New member
Well, I doubt their claim on their home page that car accidents are the number one cause of fetal death. Secondly, I don't think it's that hard to keep the lap belt under your belly and over your hips. It takes a few seconds to do it when you get in the car, but IMO it's pretty easy. It probably depends on the seat to some extent though. IF the rear half of the seat is lower it's not great for pregnant women & I imagine it makes the seatbelt more likey to ride up. If the rear half of the seat is raised a bit it's better for the pregnant woman and her fetus & I imagine that the seatbelt will stay in position better.
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Defrost
Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus
Yeah, no kidding... even if they are narrowing their measurement to exclude "health" related fetal deaths, I think more women lose their babies to spouse abuse than to car crashes. I suppose if they narrowed the measurement to exclude everything except accidents like car crashes and falling down the stairs then car crashes would be number 1...
I'm always so fascinated to see how numbers can be manipulated like this.
bobandjess99
Senior Community Member
Ya, exactly...ummm, at this point, my BELLY keeps the belt beneath it....you can't "ride up" over something which juts out, lol, *IF* the belt is SNUG. It literally impossible. I suppose if you have just a sliding latchplate, the bottom portion of the belt can "loosen" and ride up, but again, if you have the girth of your stomach OVER it, it would have to loosen a LOT in order to be able to slide up. The bottom portion of your tummy where it attaches to your hips is just smaller than the big center "equator" portion.......that's just how a sphere works, lol. The Video was annoying to no end, because if the stupid pregnant lady in it had just...oh, I don't know.....actually PUT the belt UNDER her belly, it wouldn't have ridden up. but, she DIDN'T. She put it ACROSS her belly, and then said "look how it rides up"...WTF?? It DIDN'T "ride up" - you PUT IT THERE!!!!
I was wholly unimpressed. :thumbsdown:
lovinwaves
New member
Nope. It's messing with the vehicle's safety belt system.
BUT, I know my grandma could certainly use this product....
BUT, I know my grandma could certainly use this product....
UlrikeDG
Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
That really depends on your vehicle and your body. My Ody is the first vehicle I've driven while pregnant where I didn't have to constantly readjust the lap belt to keep it down under my uterus. Bizarrely, gravity just doesn't do it, and over time the seatbelt will ride up. If I just set it when I got in the vehicle and left it, it would have been dangerously positioned long before I got where I was going.
(The other vehicles included a Toyota Camry and a Saturn SW2.)
UlrikeDG
Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
This is exactly the problem I had. Because the belt for the driver does not lock (because it's not necessary, since you can't install a child restraint there
), the belt would loosen and ride up. I got in the habit of simply readjusting and tightening it every time I hit a stop light, but on the interstate, that wasn't an option.
bobandjess99
Senior Community Member
This is exactly the problem I had. Because the belt for the driver does not lock (because it's not necessary, since you can't install a child restraint there
As much as i hate our stupid old van, the fact that all the seating positions have a standard locking latchplate really does make all things seat belt SO MUCH easier than in many other vehicles.....I just cinch, tighten, and voila! locked!
But, even in dh's car with a sliding latchplate, I don't have problems.......buyt then again, I am the size of Utah, LOL!!!
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