Motor vehicle restraint systems are known which include one or more load reducing webs. In some such restraint systems, a portion of an existing restraint web is looped upon itself and affixed via stitching or adhesive. When the restraint web is subject to a sufficient amount of force under load, the loops release, i.e., break apart, and the restraint web thus becomes longer and thereby transfers less load to the occupant than would otherwise be transferred with the shorter restraint web.