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Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
Honda is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles over faulty seat belts.
General Motors (GM) is recalling nearly 100,000 popular crossover sport-utility vehicles to repair driver and front passenger seat belts that may come loose in a crash. The Detroit-based automaker ...
The 1972 Volkswagen ESVW1 Experimental Safety Vehicle presented passive seat belts. [54] Volvo tried to develop a passive three point seat belt. In 1973, Volkswagen announced they had a functional passive seat belt. [55] The first commercial car to use automatic seat belts was the 1975 Volkswagen Golf. [56]
Nader counters by pointing out that, at the time, annual (and unnecessary) styling changes added, on average, about $700 to the consumer cost of a new car (equivalent to $7,000 in 2024). This compared to an average expenditure in safety by the automotive companies of about twenty-three cents per car (equivalent to $2.29 in 2024). [5]: p187
A 5-point harness in a racing car. Child held in a car seat by a five-point harness. A five-point harness is a form of seat belt that contains five straps that are mounted to the car frame. It has been engineered for an increase of safety in the occurrence of an automobile accident.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) 2008 survey, seat belt use remained lower among 16- to 24-year-olds than other age groups, with a rate of 77%, and also was lower among African Americans than other races, with a use rate of 75%. The survey also found that seat belt use continued to be higher among ...