"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
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> Eero Ahonen wrote:
> > Well yes. I guess they've been standard since the 70's.
> FWIW, they were required on cars starting in '62 or '64 or
so in the USA.

I didn't remember when, so I looked it up:

Most seat belt legislation in the United States is left to
the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal
law which took effect on January 1, 1968 that required all
vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all
designated seating positions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States

~db

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