belts

Your failure rate for service items like timing belts is statistically off the charts if that is true.

But even in non-hardened variant with some precautions it could be used on space applications outside radiation belts.

Look at Britain, where the party of some of the richest people in the country are blabbering about tightening belts.

Of course they could try tightening their financial belts, but that'd probably hurt their growth.

Driver and two passengers wearing seat belts survive, one passenger not wearing seat belt killed.

No muffler replacements, no leaking head gaskets, no timing belts making an attempt at freedom....

Traffic accidents would cause more deaths if it wasn't for speed limits, driving instruction and testing, seat belts, car safety devices etc.

Soon they'll suggest drivers wear seat belts, and drive at a set speed limit!

The ribbons are real fabric ribbons, not timing belts so that's why we do have some slip.

I wondered about whether the machine would need constant calibration due to the belts slipping or hopping a gear, etc.

Australians seem to tighten their economic belts when they need to.

It should lock the brakes and tension the seat belts.

When I was coming up as a programmer I had a manager who took a "belts and suspenders" approach to software development.

>> "Belgium has a slightly mad thing that they allow buses full of people without seat belts / standing to travel at 50 mph along the motorways." I don't think that's specific to Belgium.

[...] The reason: Currently, greece has to pay back debts, but that means people have to pay a lot more taxes, and only see the infrastructure to become worse – leading to uproar.": If the Greek people lived beyond their means in the past, someday the moment will come where they have to tighten their belts.

Belts typically go around your hips, not your waist.