At least one generation of drivers has the procedure ingrained in their psyche: Climb behind the wheel and reach with your right hand over your left shoulder for the seatbelt, pulling it to a buckle near your right hip. How would drivers in the future react if seatbelts were anchored over their right shoulder and required buckling alongside their left hip? In recent years, Ford Motor Co. has unveiled two concept cars (the Lincoln Mark X and Continental) with first-row seatbelts configured in this manner. The subtle design change has drawn little attention. Ford did not even mention the inverted seatbelts in the press release issued for the Mark X concept, which debuted at the 2004 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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机译：至少有一代驾驶员已将这种程序根深蒂固：爬上方向盘，右手越过左肩伸到安全带上，将其拉到右臀部附近的带扣上。如果将安全带固定在他们的右肩上并要求与他们的左髋屈曲，未来的驾驶员会如何反应？近年来，福特汽车公司（Ford Motor Co.）推出了两款概念车（林肯Mark X和Continental），它们的前排安全带均采用这种方式配置。细微的设计更改很少引起注意。福特在2004年底特律北美国际车展上首次亮相的Mark X概念车的新闻稿中甚至没有提及倒置式安全带。
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