When you get into the driver’s seat of a car, you should always buckle up. It’s not only the law, it’s for your own good.

But due to the way the current seatbelts are designed, studies show that many obese and pregnant drivers forego the seat belt and simply “take their chances.” Many of them give the reason that the seatbelts are “uncomfortable.” For others, it simply takes too much effort to reach over and buckle their belt every time they get ready to drive.

That’s why Ford is working on a redesigned seatbelt that is both comfortable and provides extra safety. The design hasn’t changed in 40 years and the current structure only requires seatbelts to accommodate a 215-pound man with a 47-inch hip circumference. Unfortunately, nearly 40 million American drivers don’t fit into that category.

The Ford Motor Company realizes that Americans have changed over the decades and new seatbelt designs are needed to ensure safety while driving. The engineers are working on more comfortable situations by wearing an “empathy belly” body suit to help along their research. They are also working on four-point seat belts that would come down over the chest and have a lap belt, too. Just think of them as “belt and suspender” seatbelts to get an image in your head.

These new and improved seatbelts could be in Ford cars very soon. If you consider yourself obese or if you’re pregnant, the new type of belt is designed to accommodate you so you can be safe and comfortable when you’re behind the wheel.