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AIBU?

to assume I´m not the only person to find seatbelts uncomfortable

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Happy36 · 05/08/2015 16:14

Been in a car more often this past month or so than usual (I don´t drive and we don´t own a car). Seatbelts are so uncomfortable! Does anyone else find the seatbelt rubs their boob/nipple on the opposite side? I have taken to holding the belt away from my body in the boob area to avoid the unpleasant rubbing sensation.

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BertieBotts · 05/08/2015 16:15

Um, no.

ProfessorPickles · 05/08/2015 16:16

Do you wear a bra?
I have never felt this before!

DoJo · 05/08/2015 16:29

I don't have the problem with my boobs, but I do find they tend to dig in to my neck, even when they are on the lowest setting.

dexter73 · 05/08/2015 16:30

I don't even notice them but then I suppose I am in the car every day so have got used to them.

Zeitgeistic · 05/08/2015 16:32

Nope never noticed the boob rubbing thing and I drive everyday. They ocassionaly dig into my neck though.

Zeitgeistic · 05/08/2015 16:32

Try wearing a padded bra OP.

Happy36 · 05/08/2015 16:38

I do wear a bra, often with a bit of padding. Also I am not very large in the boob area (B cup in Spain, A cup usually in England as bras there are bigger).

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HarrietSchulenberg · 05/08/2015 16:38

Are you very short/small? It sounds as if the seatbelt is too high for you if it's rubbing your norks and your neck.

Try adjusting it - there could be a sliding adjuster where the belt mechanism joins the door frame.

Happy36 · 05/08/2015 16:58

I am 5´7". Thanks for the tip about the sliding adjuster. I will check that next time.

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The5DayChicken · 05/08/2015 17:05

I've got ginormo-boobs so the belt always rides up and ends up rubbing my neck

Pastamancer · 05/08/2015 17:13

I don't get that problem, they go across the front of my throat instead. It doesn't make any difference how I adjust them so I am just constantly uncomfortable. All anyone suggests is to get the padded things to wrap around but I find them equally uncomfortable as the seatbelt is still going across my throat. If I had an accident then I would break my neck I'm sure.

Goldmandra · 05/08/2015 17:17

I get the seatbelt across my throat, too, and find myself pulling it back down across my shoulder every couple of minutes. At 5'2" I think I probably just ought to be using a booster seat

It would be nice if seat belt adjusters went a little lower though.

Pastamancer · 05/08/2015 17:26

I'm 5'4" and have also wondered about the booster seat :o

TTWK · 05/08/2015 17:31

Going thru the windscreen is quite uncomfortable too, so I'm told.

kimcat32 · 05/08/2015 17:33

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dexter73 · 05/08/2015 17:34

Hence why we are all wearing seatbelts regardless of the discomfort.

starfishmummy · 05/08/2015 17:35

Better uncomfortable than dead.

DadfromUncle · 05/08/2015 17:39

My Ma used to use a cothes peg to relieve the tension on hers before the height adjustable ones were so common. There was a device called a Klunk Klip too, dunno if you can still get them

DadfromUncle · 05/08/2015 17:42

Looks like they are still around, plus you can get velco pads to stick on

msrisotto · 05/08/2015 17:44

I'm 5'10'' and dislike the seatbelt, though i'm driving so much at the moment I have got used to it. No problem on the boobs though, more on the neck like others have said.

msrisotto · 05/08/2015 17:45

I'm 5'10'' and dislike the seatbelt, though i'm driving so much at the moment I have got used to it. No problem on the boobs though, more on the neck like others have said.

ProfYaffle · 05/08/2015 17:48

I'm 5' 3" and find I get the garotting effect too. I got a clip type thing to hold the diagonal bit in the right place.

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LaLyra · 05/08/2015 18:14

I'm only 5'2 so I have one of the little plastic clips to hold the belt in the right place otherwise it cuts right across my neck (and was really, really unpleasant in a minor bump as instead of my shoulder and torso it cut across my neck).

You get them from Betterware or on amazon/ebay.

Tuskerfull · 05/08/2015 18:15

I'm 5'8" and in my old car, the seatbelt used to irritate the skin right under my left breast. My new car is built for comfort and I don't have any problems.

Please don't hold your seatbelt away from your body, however irritating it is! My mother does that because the seatbelt grates on her neck, and I always tell her I'm not going to drive if she does it. I was saved in an accident by a seat belt and it's worth any irritation.

NatGeo · 05/08/2015 18:18

Yes OP, you're not alone. The seatbelt gives me neck ache on the right side. It's adjusted properly and only lightly and occasionally touches my neck. Very weird.

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