I totally agree about the poor design. It was a used car, so there is no owners manual, but I have looked and looked for a means to lower the thing, and there is none. It's on the door post, comes out of a reel when I pull it, and is permanently at that height, in fact the plastic trim piece on the inside of the door post has a molded in hole where the SB exits, so I cant even do something like drill a new hole for the mounting bolt or anything. Sure, I could completely modify the plastic and the whole works, but would it be legal then, and for all I know, there may not be another point to bolt it under that plastic. Personally, if it was legal to modify them at all, I'd remove the shoulder strap entirely. I never complained about wearing the old lap belts, but this thing across my neck is simply intolerable. I'd probebly wear my SB all the time if it was just a lap belt. Now I only put it on when I am in cities and towns and remove it in rural areas. This is just my opinion, but I think they put it that high on the door post just so cops can see it, and the hell with the driver that has to wear the damn thing. I am wondering if I could possibly add some sort of clip or something lower on the post to hold it down. Legalities aside, I tend to think it would still do it's job in an accident, but who knows. I have never owned a new car, but I sure hope they design them better in the newer cars since we are forced to wear them.
