"Buckling Up" Clip from Interview with Jeanine Head Miller, 2011

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Artifact Overview

Seat belts are the single most important safety device in an automobile. Nevertheless, drivers were slow to use them. State laws, public education campaigns, and short-lived ignition interlocks -- which prevented a car from starting unless seat belts were fastened -- all promoted seat belt use. By the 1990s, buckling up was a habit for American motorists.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Film clip

Date Made

2011

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.386.17

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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