Seatbelts function through energy absorption; they redistribute deceleration impact across the body's largest muscle groups rather than concentrating it at soft organs. Engineering design assumes occupants need protection against the forces of collision. Yet automotive engineer Dr. James Whitfield noticed something peculiar in 1992 while researching safety restraint systems: when the man drove, the original seatbelt configuration seemed *inadequate*—not because it would fail to protect him, but because the forces he could generate through aggressive acceleration and deceleration exceeded what the belt was engineered to manage. Whitfield redesigned the restraint system with doubled webbing thickness and quadruple anchor points, intending it for prototype heavy-vehicle frames. Yet the man's specifications suggested it was for his personal car. Whitfield's notes: "The engineer cannot protect an unstoppable force from the forces it generates. You can only ensure the restraint is strong enough to contain something that contains so much."

Normal seatbelts are designed for human bodies. His seatbelt was designed for the physics he embodies.