The 3 point-seat belt celebrates its 50th anniversary, having saved 1 million lives to date. February 24, 2009 It's now been 50 years since the first automobile with standard 3-point-safety belts ...

Three-point seat belts are effective at reducing fatalities for center rear seat passengers in cars and light trucks, a study shows. The benefit is more dramatic in passenger cars than in light ...

In a major move to improve road safety, the National Transport Commission (NTC) has made it compulsory for all bus drivers to ...

Remember when Volvo shared its original three-point seat belt design with the world’s other automakers so we could all be safer in our cars? Maybe we’ll get to do the same again with its ...

A 2009 Texas law says that school buses must be equipped with three-point seat belts - but only if the state provides funding, which it does not.

The three-point seat belt we have today was invented in 1959, and it's pretty easy to operate. You pull its latch plate and place it in the buckle, and it stays put until you press the release button.

Volvo Multi-Adaptive Safety Belt | Manufacturer image. Volvo invented the three-point seat belt in 1959 — more specifically, Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin, who holds the patent.

Stephen Edelstein September 18, 2023 Comment Now! Ferrari has filed a patent application for a four-point seat belt for road cars, bringing a piece of safety equipment normally seen only in track ...

The three-point safety belt was patented in 1962. Six years later, federal law mandated that new cars had to have them . Yet it still hasn’t clicked for many Coloradans.

Created by Nils Bohlin, Volvo's chief safety engineer, the three point seat belt became standard in 1969 in all cars. Roula Beiruty, Marketing Manager of Volvo Cars Middle East said: "To celebrate the ...

Volvo’s reputation is built around safety. It’s the source of many safety innovations, including the three-point seat belt that all cars have today, introduced by Volvo in 1959 as an ...

It acts as a stopping point on the belt to keep the latch plate — the component of the seat belt that locks into the buckle — from going too far back when it retracts. The three-point seat belt we ...