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Date:         Thu, 13 May 2010 13:54:35 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      seat belts and rear seating, camper
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So, from what I can tell, most U.S. campers were made with only two rear seat belts. Perhaps some campers sold in Europe had three belts on the rear seat, the middle one using the same anchors as the ones on either side. At least one known '84 model is fitted that way, and one owner believes that was factory. Some folks have added a belt to the middle of the rear seat using the same attachments, like in the possibly factory European vans, so that a child or small adult (the other two guys better be pretty small, too) can sit there. Others consider this approach unsafe. Some don't care about safety, since they haven't died yet while in a camper van, and will seat as many people as can be jammed in. They seldom or never wear seat belts, anyway, in consideration of the fact that their great-grandparents didn't.

David McNeely


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