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- Automobile Seat Belt, 1964 - Until the mid-1960s seat belts were not standard equipment in American cars. Owners could purchase aftermarket safety belts like this one and have them installed. Continued education and growing acceptance for car occupants' safety have led most states to adopt seat belt laws.
- 1964
- Collections - Artifact
Automobile Seat Belt, 1964
Until the mid-1960s seat belts were not standard equipment in American cars. Owners could purchase aftermarket safety belts like this one and have them installed. Continued education and growing acceptance for car occupants' safety have led most states to adopt seat belt laws.
- "Child Love Seat" Safety Seat, 1973 - Child seats are as old as automobiles, though for many years they were more about keeping the child out of mom's and dad's way than protecting her in an accident. General Motors' Child Love Seat, introduced in 1967, became a model for future child car seats and helped inspire states to pass safety seat laws starting in 1978.
- 1973
- Collections - Artifact
"Child Love Seat" Safety Seat, 1973
Child seats are as old as automobiles, though for many years they were more about keeping the child out of mom's and dad's way than protecting her in an accident. General Motors' Child Love Seat, introduced in 1967, became a model for future child car seats and helped inspire states to pass safety seat laws starting in 1978.