As of: March 5, 2024, 7:39 p.m
By: Juliane Reyle
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Safety in the car is important, but the seat belt can do more than protect you.
The following tricks and life hacks come in handy:
The seat belt in the car is especially important in accidents, collisions and sudden changes in speed.
In an emergency, the belt can even save lives.
But it can do even more: There are some brilliant life hacks for drivers on the Internet.
echo24.de
reports what else the “seatbelt” in the car is useful for:
bottle opener
bracket
For towing
Tool for liberation
Information about the car
Seat belt with many functions: Practical life hacks for drivers
The seat belt can be used to tow the stopped vehicle.
To do this, simply pull the belt far out of the driver's door and use it to pull.
You can steer with the other hand when the window is open, as the Instagrammer “Tonggeshuoche” explains in a reel.
If a helper is at hand, the belt on the passenger side can also be used.
As “Spiegel.de” reports, a car’s seat belt should still have a pulling force of 1.5 tons even after ten years of use and should not break under load.
But that's not all: In an Instagram Reel, “Tonggesshuoche” explains that the seat belt can provide important information.
If the production date on the belt does not match the production date of the car in the door frame, this could be an indication that the car has already been involved in an accident and the seat belts need to be replaced.
In an emergency, it is important to fasten your seatbelt correctly in your car and almost every driver makes a mistake.
Use the seat belt not for safety, but as a tow rope, bottle opener and more
If a driver gets into a dangerous situation and the doors won't open, the metal part of the seat belt can be used to break or pry open the window.
But it's not just the window that can be opened with a seat belt.
Every car has a bottle opener.
Where is he hiding?
On the seatbelt, of course.
The seat belt can not only protect people, it can also ensure that items in the car are secured.
© Collage: echo24.de, photos: IMAGO/ Panthermedia, IMAGO/ Zoonar
The strap can also be used as a holder for items in the car.
For example, to secure purchases in the back seat or the passenger seat.
In some cars this is even necessary because otherwise the weight will trigger an alarm.
To turn off the alarm, the metal piece must be inserted into the appropriate holder.
Children are sometimes happy when they can strap their teddy bear or doll into the car.
Another ingenious car life hack is a potato trick for a clear view in the rain.