CG-Lock: full harness benefits?
If you drive your road car in competition or at track days, you probably want to be more firmly pulled into the car, to be 'at one' with it and concentrating on driving, rather than hanging on to the steering wheel during spirited motoring.
One company has come up with a solution that it claims gives you the benefits of a full harness, but without the hassle. The CG-Lock improves your factory-fitted seatbelt to give you 80 per cent of the control and feedback of a full race harness, said the company (which seems also to be called CG-Lock), claiming that "it fits in five minutes and can be removed in seconds."
The company's information sheet continues: "For drivers, the CG-Lock allows feet to be light on the pedals, hands light on the wheel; it avoids 'bracing' with elbows and knees during hard cornering and eliminates 'submarining' under hard braking. For navigators on road rallies, the CG-Lock allows easy upper-body movement to stay in control of maps and timecards; no more reaching for the grab handle or risking undoing the harness to grab items down by your feet.
"For all occupants, the CG-Lock improves seating posture, as it pins the hips securely, aligning the lower back to make best use of the lumbar support of the seat.
"The CG-Lock is a palm-size (about 75mm x 60mm x 24mm) mechanical device made of high-grade stainless steel. It is simple and quick to install: no drilling or bolts are required. It can be removed in seconds and leaves no damage to your seat belt. The only tool you need is the supplied Allen key. It costs under £45 and comes with a full money-back guarantee if not completely satisfied.
"Installing a CG-Lock allows your car seat belt to work like an aircraft seat belt: when you pull the lap belt tight, it stays tight. You can easily tighten the lap belt by pulling up on the shoulder section of the seat belt.
"The CG-Lock lets you remove as much slack from the lap belt as you want, whenever you want, using the integrated release lever. The shoulder section of the seatbelt stays loose (just like normal), so that you can easily reach controls on the dashboard or turn your upper body for reverse parking. This design is ideal for 4x4 off road, where you want to be secure at the hips to avoid 'submarining' on steep descents, but also want upper body mobility to look out of the window to avoid objects (including penalty markers).
"The CG-Lock has been crash-tested and shown not to interfere with the safety of the factory-fitted seat belt (with or without a pre-tensioner).
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