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Actually seat belts were standard in cars in 1960.

Don't think so. Maybe optional. Had a lot of 1960s cars and none of them had belts. Maybe my 69 ElCamino. Funny thing is, I was always in favor of belts. I even installed a set in my 64 Chevelles and used them. Seemed like a non-intrusive good idea. Though I was never for making it the law to wear them. Now it's really gotten out of hand. Don't have any kids around, but I understand that there are all kinds of requirements for kids to wear, even in the back seat. My 11 year old niece has to sit in some kind of contraption in the back seat. She seems to be of normal height to me. Seems over the top to me.



I know my 65 and 66 Pontiacs had them in the front. I found this from T Barriers. It appears Nash, Volvo, and Saab had belts from the late 50s. They were optional with Ford from 1955.

There are still those that won't wear belts stating the few real and other mythical cases of those that die from fire because they couldn't get out and those that could have jumped before the car went over the cliff etc.

I didn't wear my belt until 10 years ago because I was too lazy to do it. People tend to resist change whether it is for the good or not. I think that is part of resistance to ABS. I have been searching my hardest to find cases on ABS malfunctions that caused deaths. I know in the Northest every first snow storm it became a game of bumper cars. You just sit and watch the cars skidding into one another. All the drivers paralyzed with their foot on that brake pedal, unable to let off of it. That is what your brain does in a panic.

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Developments in the 1960s
In 1962, U.S. carmakers required seat belt anchors to be standard in the front seat. Also in this year, the British magazine Which? reported that seat belts reduced the risk of death or serious injury during an auto accident by 60 percent. In 1963, Volvo expanded its three-point safety belt as a standard on cars sold in the United States as well. By the following year, most U.S. manufacturers provided lap belts in the front seat. European carmakers required safety belts in the front seat in 1965, and in 1967, seat belts become standard for all cars built in the United Kingdom (British cars were required to feature the three-point system).



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