The car seat belt is to restrain the occupant in the collision and to avoid the secondary collision between the occupant and the steering wheel and the dashboard etc. or to avoid the collision from rushing out of the car resulting in death or injury. Car seat belt can also be called seat belt, is a kind of occupant restraint device. The car seat belt is the most inexpensive and the most effective safety device, in the vehicle equipment in many countries is compulsory to equip the seat belt.
The origin and the development history of the car seat belt
The safety belt already existed before the car was invented, 1885, when Europe generally used the carriage, then the safety belt was only simple to prevent the passenger from falling down from the carriage. In 1910, the seat belt began to appear on the airplane. 1922, the sports car on the racing track began to use the seat belt, to 1955, the United States Ford car began to install with the seat belt, the overall speaking this period of the seat belt to two-point seat belt mainly. 1955, the aircraft designer Niels invented the three-point seat belt after he went to work for the Volvo car company. 1963, Volvo car In 1968, the United States stipulates that the seat belt should be installed in the car facing the front, Europe and Japan and other developed countries also successively formulated the regulations that the car occupants must wear seat belt. China’s Ministry of Public Security in November 15, 1992 promulgated a circular, stipulating that from July 1, 1993, all small passenger cars (including cars, jeeps, vans, micro cars) drivers and front seat occupants must use seat belts. The road traffic safety law” article 51 provides: motor vehicle driving, the driver, the passenger should use the seat belt as required. At present the most widely used is the three-point seat belt.
Post time: Jul-06-2022
