Almost T-Boned in my 22 Power Wagon

[CdnHO]

People who go through windshields aren't pretty.

You got that right. Especially if they stop part way through.

 

[mountainears]

Now that seatbelts are a thing, seems like the new “fun” injury for EMS is the passenger legs on the dash or out the window. Besides the impact, you really don’t want to see what happens to people when their airbags go off and feet are in those positions.

Used to be the folks that were laying their seats way back while cruising, sliding them into the footwell and compressing them into a ball. But that doesn’t seem to be as much of a thing around here at least.


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[DrTron]

Now that seatbelts are a thing, seems like the new “fun” injury for EMS is the passenger legs on the dash or out the window. Besides the impact, you really don’t want to see what happens to people when their airbags go off and feet are in those positions.

Talk about people turning their airbag into a claymore...
(No idea why the forum doesn't accept that as a picture URL, sorry)

 

[Brutal_HO]

People who go through windshields aren't pretty.

Neither are the ones that go through the back window.

Ask my son how he knows. *maybe* he'll remember (TBI)

There are 2 kinds of people, those that wear their seatbelt, and organ donors.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Now that seatbelts are a thing, seems like the new “fun” injury for EMS is the passenger legs on the dash or out the window. Besides the impact, you really don’t want to see what happens to people when their airbags go off and feet are in those positions.

Used to be the folks that were laying their seats way back while cruising, sliding them into the footwell and compressing them into a ball. But that doesn’t seem to be as much of a thing around here at least.


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My wife of all people, the ex-paramedic turned nurse, is bad about this and I scold her constantly. I've seen some of that aftermath of pax legs/hips destroyed.

Not only that, but keep your dirty damn feet off my Limited dash!

 

[Brutal_HO]

Talk about people turning their airbag into a claymore...
(No idea why the forum doesn't accept that as a picture URL, sorry)

Can't even get to the link - hotlink or paywall.

(Use a screengrab utility (I like Greenshot) and just paste it into the forum as needed.)

 

[DrTron]

Strange, works for me. Anyway, here's a screenshot as a workaround:

 

[Brutal_HO]

Strange, works for me. Anyway, here's a screenshot as a workaround:

That's kinda the way hotlink blocks work.

Hotlink Protection prevents your images from being used by other sites. This can reduce the bandwidth consumed by your origin server.

 

[UglyViking]

Seatbelt argument aside, it seems like an absolutely crazy design that would throw the truck in park if a door is opened. I wonder what process the team imagined would happen when this decision was made.

 

[DrTron]

That's kinda the way hotlink blocks work.

Well, it wasn't like the forum couldn't pull the image from another server resulting in a "image not found"-image or similar (which would have been the hotlink issue), the forum itself declared the URL not valid, even with a .jpg suffix.
And even then everyone viewing this thread should have been able to access the direct link I provided. But that's all spilled milk, really.

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[Rockcrawlindude]

Seatbelt argument aside, it seems like an absolutely crazy design that would throw the truck in park if a door is opened. I wonder what process the team imagined would happen when this decision was made.

Supposedly It came about after that Star Trek guy ran over himself and unalived himself with his jeep

I was thrown off the first time it happened to me but I was in my yard, not oncoming traffic. The only time it was tricky was trying to spool up my winch by pulling the truck in neutral it wanted to park. 4Lo is the workaround.

It’s not really that big of a deal. Wear your seatbelt or close your door.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

So from what I gather it's the OPs fault his truck did this because he wasn't wearing his seat belt. And he doesn't value his life or his truck because he doesn't wear his seat belt. Did miss anything?

Correct.

OP did not RTFM.

 

[UglyViking]

Supposedly It came about after that Star Trek guy ran over himself and unalived himself with his jeep

I was thrown off the first time it happened to me but I was in my yard, not oncoming traffic. The only time it was tricky was trying to spool up my winch by pulling the truck in neutral it wanted to park. 4Lo is the workaround.

It’s not really that big of a deal. Wear your seatbelt or close your door.

I misread. I thought OP claimed he was wearing it, which is why I made my comment. Lots of workarounds to this issue, but at least that makes the factory decision make more sense.

Too bad about the Russian Star Trek actor, I thought he did a good job in the movies.

 

[jsalbre]

Supposedly It came about after that Star Trek guy ran over himself and unalived himself with his jeep

I was thrown off the first time it happened to me but I was in my yard, not oncoming traffic. The only time it was tricky was trying to spool up my winch by pulling the truck in neutral it wanted to park. 4Lo is the workaround.

It’s not really that big of a deal. Wear your seatbelt or close your door.

You could also leave the transmission in park and put the tcase in neutral.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

You could also leave the transmission in park and put the tcase in neutral.

If you have the manual shifter… i wish i had the manual shifter again

 

[DrTron]

If you have the manual shifter… i wish i had the manual shifter again

I don't see why this wouldn't work with the automatic transfer case. The manual even describes this for towing the vehicle, transmission in Park and transfer case in Neutral.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

I don't see why this wouldn't work with the automatic transfer case. The manual even describes this for towing the vehicle, transmission in Park and transfer case in Neutral.

I may have to look up the procedure but i have not been able to get it to stay in neutral

 

[DrTron]

Page 227 in the manual.
Haven't tried it myself, though.

 

[jsalbre]

I did it a few times in my 2020 with no issues.

 

[WXman]

So now that the seatbelt police have gotten all their whining out of their system, here's the answer to the OP's question:

https://www.amazon.com/Polyester-Comfortable-Convenient-Extension-Inch/dp/B0BRBB4D2M/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=28YPU59FPUSIE&keywords=seatbelt+extender&qid=1676561967&sprefix=seatbelt+ex%2Caps%2C319&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMURFUjVRVEE0UzNOJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzgzMjIzMlZJTDU4OUxUV0xTSSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDE4MTIwTjNCMENBVDgxRjM3JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Note that you can find those without the extra length if you shop around. I've been using them for two years on my Rams and Jeeps. Totally disables the mind-bogglingly stupid "AutoPark" programming.