Another year....Another Seatbelt..........

I once had a set where the date hole punch didnt quite go all the way thru, leaving a "hanging chad". When they were about to expire, i carefully taped the chad back in place from the back, and repunched a hole three years newer. No tech inspector ever questioned it, nor said "hey ,these belts look really old and unsafe, you better get new ones."
There is all kinds of safety equipment that suddenly changes from safe to unsafe on a certain date, but most of it is difficult for a tech inspector to inspect. So they look at a virtually new belt or helmet and Sure Enough, now you get to spend 2,3,400 bucks to replace perfectly good stuff, that was perfectly safe.....yesterday.

Makes you wonder why NHRA is dying, and street racing and no-prep is huge?