How to Use lap belt in a Sentence

lap belt

noun

• The lap belt should lie low on their hips at the top of their thighs.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
• Next to her, Jillian was slumped all the way forward over the lap belt.
  — Daniela Porat, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2020
• The dummy still submarined under the rear lap belt and its head got close to the front seatback.
  — Andrew Beckford, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• The driver’s shoulder and lap belt were used, but the air bags were not deployed, police said.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 25 Apr. 2021
• The student also was sent to timeout while in the lap belt after throwing food.
  — Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2020
• Older models, like the one Alexis was in, had only lap belts for most seats.
  — Justin Price, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2018
• Five-point harnesses and booster seats position a lap belt over the top of the hip bones, low and flat against the thighs, so the child’s bones absorb the impact.
  — Lauren Gravitz, Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• In the event something goes awry, the only protection is a 1972-period-correct lap belt.
  — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 23 Feb. 2018
• RVs aren’t subject to the same crashworthiness requirements—that’s why so many have rear lap belts instead of shoulder belts and no rear airbags.
  — Chris Dixon, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2020
• For example, some vehicle drivers take more risks when they are buckled up in a shoulder-and-lap belt.
  — E. Scott Geller, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2023
• The danger of a far-side crash is that the body of a child seated in a booster can slip out of the vehicle’s shoulder belt and jacknife over the lap belt, resulting in spinal or head injuries.
  — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2020
• What To Do Instead Consider keeping your valuables at home or consider putting small items and documents in a lap belt.
  — Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2022
• The simplistic design of the lift lever lap belt means passengers can buckle up quickly and easily when needed.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
• Moreover, while pilots and crew might also wear shoulder straps, passengers usually get only a lap belt.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
• Since a reclining rear-seat occupant may submarine (slide under the lap belt) in a collision, the Executive Line seats come with an airbag at the base of the bottom cushion that deploys to align their torso with the lap belt.
  — Neil Dunlop, Car and Driver, 21 June 2021
• Those include shoulder and/or lap belt, child restraint system forward-facing or rear-facing, an unknown type of child restraint system, or a restraint system of some other kind.
  — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2021
• Because lap/shoulder belts provide a greater level of occupant protection than lap belts, lap/shoulder belts should be installed as standard equipment for all passenger seating positions in limousines.
  — David Robinson, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2019
• Dual air bags, anti-lock brakes, and traction control (unfortunately with no manual override) are standard equipment, as are seatbelt tensioners that cinch the manual three-point belts and rear-center lap belt in tandem with air-bag detonation.
  — Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024