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Am I a weird shape? (Seatbelt related).

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TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 21/01/2025 19:16

Seatbelts strangle me. Every time.

I spend car journeys constantly rearranging the thing so I don’t get throttled.

Today we were driving home and I was holding a large McDonalds order so could not rearrange the seatbelt. By the time we were home (about two miles) I had a red mark on my neck (probably not helped my me trying to move the fucker with my chin) and I was all stressed from my attempted garrotting.

I’m 5’4”. I am overweight but this has happened to me at all sizes - from a 10 to a 20.

It happens in EVERY car.

Is it me? Am I weird?

OP posts:
Arglefraster · 21/01/2025 22:11

IncidentallyAndAccidentally · 21/01/2025 19:37

You should read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez.

I was going to post this.

Default male is who they're designed to save not those pesky women with their weird (not male) shaped bodies!

ADHDHDHDHD · 21/01/2025 22:13

Even the crash test dummies are just smaller male bodies. They don't have a female weight distribution

ZestFest · 21/01/2025 22:25

I'm exactly the same. If I ever crash I'll die from strangulation. It enrages me. Every journey I'm constantly readjusting the bloody thing.

Check out this old MN discussion as well for more people agreeing Same complaints here

To be pissed off with seatbelts? | Mumsnet

I'm clearly doing something wrong as in every car I've had I'm strangled by my seatbelt. It always seems to ride up and find its way around my neck....

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4862192-to-be-pissed-off-with-seatbelts

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