Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 02:25 am, by: Troy Baker(Sincity)
A lap sash belt is a seatbelt. It is the type all cars now have with one belt over your waist and continuing from the waist to the opposite shoulder. I guess it is opposed to the lap only seat belts. Not sure why you would advertise it though, probably pretty new in 1992 although Commodores had them too.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 04:16 am, by: Katrina Bruns(Katrina)
The japanese have weird ways of saying lots of things.. example, a japanese guy looked at me, pointed and said " ohh, you big girl" .. I"m thinking, ok, I'm only 140lbs.. but being I was 6 ft tall and he was only maybe 5'2" .. I can see what he meant
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 07:02 am, by: David Vaughan(Davidv)
You have grown up with compulsory seat belts so think them as being as standard as indicators or even front wheel brakes, which once were non-standard. Long after Australia regulated the wearing as well as fitting of seat belts, they were not required in other countries, and later only for the front seats. They are still not compulsory to wear in many places. So, in the 1990s, it was still not extraordinary to mention that you not only had rear seat belts, but real ones too.
In Taiwan it is law to use seat belts in the front only, as this new rule just happen in the last few years. Before 2004 you did not have to use any seat belts.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 09:14 am, by: Mike Triggs(Mikeandimah)
"Lap sash" is hardly Japlish, as Troy mentioned. Once upon a time, many cars, if they had seatbelts at all, were only "lap" belts- like what you find in the middle rear of many sedans and wagons. Lap sash belts were a big deal, although you don't hear the term much now, as features like "retractor" became the norm, it became a given that all seatbelts in cars were lap sash.
As an aside I once had a Yank 4WD which came with lap belts only. I had to fit a roll-bar to be able to fit retractor lap-sash belts as it had a fibreglass roof. Lap belts are barely better than no belts
As yet another aside seat belts aren't compulsory here (although they almost became compulsory but some Luddites had the law changed) so few people wear them (we always do though). When a potential buyer drove the '95 Soarer, he said "what's that red light in the dash, on all the time)
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:00 am, by: David Vaughan(Davidv)
In the Sixties when aftermarket seatbelts became available my father, an engineer, immediately had them fitted to our family car and insisted we wear them, so my driving experience always included a seatbelt cinched tight. I made a prick of myself to others by refusing to drive off if a passenger did not have their belt on.
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