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One of the members here some years ago did a pull
test on numerous old belt sets he had gathered, some
looked good, some were dirty BUT not a single set
broke the strap material... EVERYONE broke the hardware.
So just for kicks I did a couple of pull test on some
of my old sets at work... I wanted to see how the
failures were occurring on the hardware... as in
his testing, my testing showed the hardware failed
first...... but in ALL cases the force needed to
break the hardware was MUCH greater than the human
body can withstand

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Exactly! And many rules imposed are resultant of lawsuits lost/won in the aftermath of an accident.