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2. 40 years after NY law, seat belts 'part of the culture.' How ...

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   According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers and passengers on the front seat who use their shoulder and lap belts reduce their chances of dying in a car crash by 45% and by 60 ...

3. Seat belt - Wikipedia

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   A seat belt applies an opposing force to the driver and passengers to prevent them from falling out or making contact with the interior of the car (especially preventing contact with, or going through, the windshield). Seat belts are considered primary restraint systems (PRSs), because of their vital role in occupant safety.

4. Seat belt laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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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 ...

5. Seat belt legislation - Wikipedia

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   Research has found that lap/shoulder seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45% and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50%. Research on the effectiveness of child safety seats has found them to reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71% for infants (younger than 1 year old) and by 54% ...

6. How Road Trips Have Changed Over the Past 50 Years - AOL

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   Clicking those seat belts is second nature these days, but in the '70s, that wasn't the case. In fact, it wasn't until 1964 that all cars were required to have seat belts, and the integrated lap ...

7. Child safety seat - Wikipedia

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   A child safety seat, sometimes called an infant safety seat, child restraint system, child seat, baby seat, car seat, or a booster seat, is a seat designed specifically to protect children from injury or death during vehicle collisions. Most commonly these seats are purchased and installed by car owners, but car manufacturers may integrate them ...