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Always wanted to know this one: http://www.madehow.com/knowledge/Seat_belt.html http://www.madehow.com/knowledge/Seat_belt.html Sadly, it's hard to grasp the m

• dsl 12y ago
  This video gives a good mechanical view of how the seat belt locking device works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCm4e10mG7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCm4e10mG7A
• DanBC 12y ago
  The seatbelt article is just the Wikipedia article, used with attribution. I haven't diff'ed them, but it feels like a straight copy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt
• mrfusion 12y ago
  Off topic but does anyone know of a similar mechanism that brakes from centrifugal force instead of deceleration? I'm curious to make a prototype brake for strollers and wheelchairs.