Denali n DOO said:
I will say that seatbelt design is the one thing I hate the most about my truck, and I mean I really HATE IT! I'm 6' tall the seatbelt comes up my chest and over my shoulder and then down to the retractor in the seat top. Usually after about 40 minutes of driving I start pulling it off my shoulder because it is SO uncomfortable! If I could change one thing about my truck that would be it.
I'm pretty sure that's also related to the seatbelt being mounted to the seat itself. When they are on the jamb, they are at more of an angle, and just go across your body, but because they go into the seat, the angle is steeper, and I find it tends to run right along the side of my neck, which isn't very comfortable. I'm assuming the reasoning for the location is related to some of them having air bags on the sides there someplace.
On a somewhat related note, when I was younger, my mom's 82 Lincoln Town Car (boat, came with its own zipcode) was in the shop (drydock) for repairs, and they gave us a Ford Tempo, which was brand new at that time. It ran fine and got us around, but the seatbelts were attached to the doors, and slid forward when you shut off the car to let you out. You only unbuckled the lap portion. This was cool at first till we realized that they were a little over aggressive. Sometimes you'd turn the car on and those belts would come back so fast they would just slam you into the seat and hold you back as tight as possible. Comfy.