Removing Seat belt under dinette?

jmccen58 wrote:
It's the "room hogging" framework under the dinette that I'm removing.

Our dinette frame work, as I thought all others are, is a simple wooden structure. Lifting the seating cushion gains access to the entire cavity below which is completely open for storage. In many cases, the RV company places mechanical items inside, for example the fresh water tank, furnace & ductwork, power transfer switch, things like that.

So your description of obstructive frame work has me scratching my head. Could you provide a picture?

It's the "room hogging" framework under the dinette that I'm removing. It has turned into more of a job than anticipated. Looks like they installed the seat belt mounts first and then built seats over them...I'm having a hard time cutting 2 of the hardened bolts off in order to get clearance to take frame out....UGHH

maillemaker wrote:
Yup - in our RV you pull up the cushion, and then there is a plywood seat with notches cut in it through which the seat belts pass through.

If you don't want them, just lift up the plywood seat and stow the belts down in the compartment under the seat. Put the plywood seat and cushion back in place and poof! No more seat belts.

This is what I did.

Yup - in our RV you pull up the cushion, and then there is a plywood seat with notches cut in it through which the seat belts pass through.

If you don't want them, just lift up the plywood seat and stow the belts down in the compartment under the seat. Put the plywood seat and cushion back in place and poof! No more seat belts.

I did the same as rvten and Ron.Dittmer did. Simply put the belts under the seat. I did remove the belts from the sofa and kept them for when I sell the RV. No inspection has ever checked for their presence.

belts required at all seating positions???????????
I have looked at several motorhomes with a separate table and chairs (seating positions) and none of the chairs had seat belts.
as stated, many had various signs to indicate that various "seating positions" were not for occupancy while in motion.
bumpy

IAMICHABOD wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:
There are no legal requirements regarding seat belts in the living area of an RV. Or any other safety standards, I might add.

NHTSA has this to say about it.


NH49 CFR Part 571 Seat Belts on Motorcoaches
In accordance with NHTSA’s 2007 Motorcoach Safety Plan and DOT’s 2009 Departmental Motorcoach Safety Action Plan, NHTSA is issuing this NPRM to amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) on occupant crash protection (FMVSS No. 208) to require lap/shoulder seat belts for each passenger seating position in new motorcoaches.This NPRM also proposes to require a lap/shoulder belt for the motorcoach in all seating positions, which currently are required to have either a lap or a lap/shoulder belt.

The "motorcoaches" addressed in that legislation are not RV's- they're buses.

rvten wrote:
I just tucked ours inside the storage seats in the dinette. There if we should need them.

Same here. I rolled them up nicely and used something like those colored wrist bands to keep them that way. The storage area would be a little cleaner without them but we use the rig on rare occasion to haul family around to weddings & funerals and such.

If your state has an annual vehicle safety inspection
that is required, check with them.

Removing them may cause you to fail the safety inspection.
When I lived in Va. we had an annual inspection and seat belts
that were factory installed were to be inspected.

I just tucked ours inside the storage seats in the dinette. There if we should need them.