As part of its road safety programme, volunteer Arval employees are trialling an innovative seatbelt enhancement device to assess its safety and posture benefits.

The CG-Lock (CG stands for centre of gravity) is a small palm-sized device that clips on to existing seatbelts to eliminate the slack in the lap belt, keeping the user in the safest possible position.

Graham Cox from CG-Lock, said: “As RoSPA highlights, the safest way to travel is to have no slack in the lapbelt portion of the seatbelt and have it running firmly across the hips.

“Without the CG-Lock this can only be achieved by repeatedly sitting upright and pulling the diagonal section of the seatbelt to remove the slack.

"Most people don’t do this and so the lapbelt ‘rides up’ off the hips onto the stomach.

“This is not the position at which EuroNCAP tests are performed and significantly increases risk of injury should an accident occur.

"The CG-Lock keeps the lapbelt exactly where it should be, firmly across the pelvis.”

All of the Arval employees taking part in the trial are testing the CG-Lock for adult use, however some of them are also trialling the technology on child booster seats with findings expected in June.

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