04-10-2013, 10:50 AM
So ive been wondering. Which is the safest in the even of a crash.
With standard seats its been good for thousands of other cars and you have pretensioners that go off and hold you tight and maybe some lovely air bags from the steering wheel and sides of the seats to cushion the blow.
or...
is it better to be strapped in tighter with 3 point harnesses into a bucket seat. Youre strapped in tighter than normal but there is no pretensioner to tension it during a crash so is it in fact actually looser? And having your shoulders so well held in means your head will never hit the airbag from the steering wheel. Of course we have already said goodbye to any seat airbags at this point.
I was wondering what peoples thoughts are. Id like to think my bucket seats and harnesses are safer (especially when the airbag light is on who knows which one wont deploy during a crash). But are they?
With standard seats its been good for thousands of other cars and you have pretensioners that go off and hold you tight and maybe some lovely air bags from the steering wheel and sides of the seats to cushion the blow.
or...
is it better to be strapped in tighter with 3 point harnesses into a bucket seat. Youre strapped in tighter than normal but there is no pretensioner to tension it during a crash so is it in fact actually looser? And having your shoulders so well held in means your head will never hit the airbag from the steering wheel. Of course we have already said goodbye to any seat airbags at this point.
I was wondering what peoples thoughts are. Id like to think my bucket seats and harnesses are safer (especially when the airbag light is on who knows which one wont deploy during a crash). But are they?