I don't know whether or not this is true, but I'm reblogging this because we live in a world where the third search result when I tried researching the validity of this information was a link to an article about a weight loss product.
The second search result had included the slur "ob*se" in the title of the article.
There are seriously people who tell me fat people aren't oppressed. Meanwhile, trying to find information about how to keep a fat person from drying in a car crash is met with links to products that make dirty money off of how society views my body.
I immediately gave up trying to research this.
The tiktok is correct. Basically it's about arranging your belt so it there is an accident the pressure is in your strongest bones.
"Seatbelt should be across your hips rather than your stomach for everyone, but i think it's more common for fat people to wear seatbelts over the stomach
Pelvic bones are strong and sturdy, and you're going to be MUCH less likely to injure internal organs and such when you suddenly slam into a nylon belt"
Text and photos by @thejacespace
I wanted to put both of these reblogs in one reblog chain since this is helpful information. Thank you both for giving more information than fatphobic Google did.
Thanks to everyone who worked on verifying this information.
Some extra info on this:
In a bad car accident, if your seatbelt is across very squishy tissue only, it can cut into you. When I had my bad car accident a couple of years ago, the doctor said I only avoided this because I had five (5) layers of clothing on. It tore through two of them, and I still had completely black bruising across my stomach for several weeks. Putting the belt across your pelvis instead makes it a little harder for the belt to cut through your skin, plus means that it's a little further away from most of your vital organs if you do get sliced.
for the neck part, check out how it works in your car but the majority of them allow you to adjust the height of the top apex of the belt. In its 'default' position, my seatbelt was against my neck, and it contributed to terrible whiplash and bruising. In the driving training I got from my work post-accident, the trainer showed me how to adjust it and where it should sit on me. It now goes over my shoulder much more comfortably, and is a safer restraint in case of accident.
