Safety belt restraining system for vehicles

A safety belt restraining system for vehicles, comprising a belt retractor with a frame and a webbing clamping means arranged downstream of said retractor, said clamping means having a housing and two clamping wedges which are arranged opposite each other in said housing on either side of the webbing, said clamping wedges having slide faces on their side remote from the webbing and bearing against support surfaces on the housing, and said wedges being movable jointly in vehicle-sensitive and/or webbing-sensitive manner out of a rest position and with their mutually opposite clamping faces in the direction towards a clamping position located in a direction corresponding to withdrawal of webbing from said retractor into engagement with the webbing, said belt retractor having a reel which is rotatably mounted in said frame and is blockable in vehicle-sensitive and/or webbing-sensitive manner, and said webbing clamping means being connected with the frame of said retractor by connecting means which yield with plastic deformation and permit a limited moving of the webbing clamping means away from the belt retractor when the force exerted on the webbing exceeds a predetermined value.