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      11-17-2020, 05:57 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Tommm View Post
I do that too, have been doing it for years on the track and autocross, and have not heard anyone discuss how it may defeat the design of the airbags. What is your logic?
The restraint system is designed to have a bit of give to it, not lock immediately. I'm not entirely sure if it's actually less safe or not, but I know it's not more safe.

You can argue that the seatbelt pretensioners are designed to tension you into the seat in a crash so locking it is just getting ahead of those, but IDK. I'll take a little discomfort over the unknown.
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