Locking Seatbelts?

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On some other cars I’ve driven, the seatbelt locks in place/tightens after you pull it all the way out.

The Civic only locks after a sharp pull, which means I don’t have any way to lock myself down during more spirited driving.

Anyone know a way to lock the belt?
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I 2nd this question. I'm not able to do the ghetto race hardness trick because the driver seatbelt wont lock when I pull it all the way
 

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Yeah this is the seat belt pretensioner, and pretty much standard in cars.
 

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The question is it won't lock for the driver. All other seats lock when you pull it all the way out
 
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Update: I found a trick here that I found out works.
What I did was basically:
  1. Sit in normal position
  2. Slide seat back a few inches
  3. Hold the seat belt tight on you
  4. Yank the belt so it locks up
  5. Lean into it w/ your chest so the tension stays and you can use your hands
  6. Slide your seat back into normal position
It's a bit sketch and it'll reset if you don't do it tight enough or if you let enough slack build in the belt (by pushing it up or digging yourself in the seat), but it'll probably do as good as the ones that lock after you pull them out.

Edit: or you can just get a car seat locking clip, that'd probably work for the lap belt.
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