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How Do Seat Belts Lock During a Crash?
A three-point seat belt stores webbing on a spring-loaded retractor so it can extend slowly during normal movement. Emergency-locking mechanisms respond either to rapid spool rotation, vehicle deceleration or both. A centrifugal pawl, pendulum…
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