[Fat Charlie]

I'm sorry. Losing children is about the worst thing there is.

Since their beginning, airbags have been meant to work with seatbelts. They can be even more dangerous to unbelted beople than not having airbags at all.

I was on the phone with Corporate earlier this week because a customer wanted a seatbelt extension and my catalog illustration showed one for the front seats but didn't list it. For the rears, it listed extenders with the comment that they weren't serviced. So I called to find out why, and they explained that with the seat mounted airbags, they've discontinued seatbelt extenders because they allow a little more lateral motion than the engineers consider safe. We now need our seatbelts tight to protect us from our airbags.

I don't think a retrofit kit would be something any company would touch- there are too many variables in cabin dimensions and the strength of mounting points. Then there's the impact sensors and modules involved- and look at the problems OEMs have been having lately. I can't see a company wanting to go anywhere near adding them to anything.