5 pt belts on the street

[Joe Martin Cantrell <agiyo@domain.elided>]

I have noticed no mention of one very important aspect of using 5 pt belts 
on the street.  I've had them in the Spider a while now, and consider some 
sort of 3 point rig to augment them for the street.

You need to move around more in street driving than in straight ahead track 
stuff.  Turning around to parallel park, or see where that kid and tricycle 
in the driveway went, is impossible with 5 pt belts that are anywhere near 
snug.  The inertia reel on a street system would allow such moves.

The result is that I use only the lap belts for the street, and cinch down 
the whole thing in the pre-grid or if we're headed out on a quick tour.

Oh, and if you are going to the expense and trouble of installing 5 pt 
belts, don't mess with the over-center lever, aircraft style ones.  Putting 
them together requires threading both shoulder belts and the crotch belt 
onto the male lap belt, holding them just so, and cramming the whole thing 
into the female side.  Very fiddly.  With cam lock belts, you can plug them 
in one at a time and the crotch belt doesn't go away while you're groping 
for the left shoulder one.  Makes a significant difference in daily 
convenience, believe me.

Cheers,
Joe
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