It's called a 5 point harness and it is standard on all child seats and race vehicles. I don't understand why it's not standard for adults. Maybe people are too leery about putting a belt where their crotch is? Maybe women with long dresses don't want to deal with this?
I guess the 3 point is fine for most safety people because in a wreck you will survive it, just break a few bones, whereas with a 5 pointer you won't break anything. What's a few bones among friends?
in Oregon, the law is that you cannot have any part of the vehicle lower than the rim of the tire. They do enforce this. But beyond that, almost anything seems OK.
This won't do it, I'm afraid. The problem is that too many people out there are piss poor drivers. Oh, they do alright on the morning and evening commutes on the highways, but thats about the extent of their abilities. Unfortunately, accusing someone of being a poor driver in the United States is tanamount to accusing a hetro of being gay.
Greatly increasing the difficulty of the written driving test, (elimination of multiple choice for starters) and requiring a real driving test with a test instructor every 6 years, and including a skid exam, instead of just letting people renew their license forever, is what is called for. That would get rid of (or educate) the worst of the idiots. Another thing that would help is for every reported accident, even fender benders, all drivers involved must submit to a driving exam within 90 days.
Ted