ON 09/01/2012, MY 3 YEAR OLD SON ALMOST DIED, DUE TO SEAT BELT STRANGULATION. SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS FEATURE EXISTED. CHILD WAS NOT PLAYING IN VEHICLE UNATTENDED. HE WAS PROPERLY SECURED IN A CHILD CAR SEAT. HE REACHED THE SHOULDER BELT, WITHOUT US BEING AWARE, AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIS NECK, LIKE A NOOSE. HE ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE THAT DAY. THESE TYPES OF SEAT BELTS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RELEASE. AFTER SOME TIME, I RAN TO THE HIGHWAY TO FLAG DOWN HELP. A CAR DID STOP, THE MAN HAD A BOX CUTTER. I RAN BACK TO THE VEHICLE, WHERE MY HUSBAND WAS HOLDING OUR UP, SO HIS NECK WASN'T BROKEN, FROM BEING LIFTED OUT OF HIS CAR SEAT. I PULLED ON THE BELT TO CUT IT , AND IT FINALLY DID RELEASE. WE TOOK OUR CHILD TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HE SUFFERED SEVERE BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS TO THE FACE, EYES, SCALP AND LIGATURE MARKS AROUND HIS NECK. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DOCTOR, OUR SON WAS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I DON'T MOST PARENTS ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS THESE SEAT BELTS POSE. AS I SAID, WE NEVER LET OUR CHILDREN PLAY IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY PARENT UNAWARE OF THE DANGERS, WITHIN ARMS REACH. PARENTS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS HIDDEN DANGER. SEAT BELTS NEED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH A SAFETY RELEASE MECHANISM. *TR