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| 87 | NHTSA-2000-7580-1297 | 1 | union_alias | 803837a2 | 2007-09-25T04:00:00Z | 0 | Virginia R. Bennett - Comments | I was insulted by the American Honda company when I learned that I could not get a seat belt extender for the Honda Accord my husband and I had just purchased. They stated seat belt extenders were not safe and therefore would not be available. Our previous car was a Ford Taurus and a seat belt extender was provided to us upon request from a Ford Dealership free of charge. I used this safely for the 5 1/2 years since I requested it, which was most of the time we owned the Taurus. It makes no sense that one is not available from Honda. State law requires me to wear a seat belt and I need about 2-3 inches of additional seat belt length to plug in my seat belt. Most car companies provide a seat belt extender to customers who ask free of charge. All airlines that I know of also provide seat belt extenders. If the law requires I wear a seat belt at all times while in the car on the road and the police can pull me over simply for not wearing a seat belt, I must be provided with a seat belt that fits since I have requested it from Honda. The law requires companies to accommodate any person's disability and I see not being able to fit in the seat belt as a disability when the law requires me to do so. Therefore we need to make a law that requires car companies to make available to any customer who can fit in their car a seat belt that fits them or a seat belt extender that allows them to wear their seat belt. I cannot believe that car companies would not willingly provide this to all their customers. This is discriminatory. Discrimination on the basis of physical characteristics or disabilities is against the law. Please immediately adjust seat belt laws to to require all car companies to allow all people who can fit in their car to have a seat belt that fits them. My other issue is that if every car company would have a universal seat belt there could be just one seat belt extender created that would fit all seat belts and this would eliminate the problem of not being able to wear a seat belt in some cars. Please rush into law the appropriate fitting of all auto customers who can fit in the car with seat belt extenders to fit them. | NHTSA-2007:2007-01-01:2007-12-31 |