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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6694263" data-attributes="member: 549629">Understood. I dont know what its like in BC, but here in the states if your car came equipped with lap belts, you are not required to use them, or replace them with shoulder type harnesses.Here&#039;s a little info on seat belt history, though it doesnt mention the lap belt clause Ive talked about:&quot;The U.S. National Highway Safety Bureau first required automobile manufacturers to install lap belts for all seats and shoulder belts for front seats in 1968. However, most Americans did not regularly use safety belts until 1984, when the first state laws were passed mandating seat belt use. At present, there are 48 states in which it is illegal for a driver or passenger to travel without a seat belt (the exceptions are Maine and New Hampshire). Of those 48 states, 10 have primary enforcement, meaning that police can stop and ticket a motorist simply for not wearing a seat belt. The other 38 states with seat belt laws have secondary enforcement, meaning that police can only ticket people not wearing seat belts if they pull the car over for some other reason.&quot; - <a href="http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/cars-boats-planes-trains/when-did-seat-belts-become-mandatory-equipment" target="_blank">Cars, Boats, Planes, and Trains - When Did Seat Belts Become Mandatory Equipment On United States Motor Vehicles?: Science Fact Finder</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6694263, member: 549629"] Understood. I dont know what its like in BC, but here in the states if your car came equipped with lap belts, you are not required to use them, or replace them with shoulder type harnesses. Here's a little info on seat belt history, though it doesnt mention the lap belt clause Ive talked about: [I]"The U.S. National Highway Safety Bureau first required automobile manufacturers to install lap belts for all seats and shoulder belts for front seats in 1968. However, most Americans did not regularly use safety belts until 1984, when the first state laws were passed mandating seat belt use. At present, there are 48 states in which it is illegal for a driver or passenger to travel without a seat belt (the exceptions are Maine and New Hampshire). Of those 48 states, 10 have primary enforcement, meaning that police can stop and ticket a motorist simply for not wearing a seat belt. The other 38 states with seat belt laws have secondary enforcement, meaning that police can only ticket people not wearing seat belts if they pull the car over for some other reason."[/I] - [URL="http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/cars-boats-planes-trains/when-did-seat-belts-become-mandatory-equipment"]Cars, Boats, Planes, and Trains - When Did Seat Belts Become Mandatory Equipment On United States Motor Vehicles?: Science Fact Finder[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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