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What year was seat belts first installed in cars and ?
In what year was seat belts installed in cars, and what was the first car manufacture to install them? And in what year did it become law that they were to be used?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Invented: Late 1800's
First Maker: Ford
Law Passed: 1980's (Depending on state)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It was not until the 1950s that seat belts began to appear with some regularity. In 1954 the Sports Car Club of America began to require drivers to wear lap belts as they raced.
Soon afterward such groups as the National Safety Council (NSC), American College of Surgeons, and International Association of Chiefs of Police issued their own recommendations for the manufacture and installation of seat belts.
The Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo began marketing lap belt in 1956; that same year both Ford and Chrysler decided to offer lap belts as well.
Seat belts were not required by law, though, in the United States until 1968.
In 1985, at least one mandatory seatbelt use bill was introduced in all but two (Idaho and Nevada) of the 49 states holding Congressional sessions that year.
By September 1989, 34 states had enacted mandatory seatbelt use laws.
In 1998, Congress passed the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), which includes grant money for states to initiate new seat belt laws, traffic enforcement programs, and child passenger protection and training activities.