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vehicle regulations
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The Hidden History: When Did Seat Belts Become Mandatory?
By the 1950s, car crashes had become the leading cause of death for Americans under 45. Doctors like Dr. William Haddon Jr. began publishing grim statistics...
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The Global Timeline: When Did Seat Belts Become Compulsory?
Behind every seat belt law lies a story of tragedy and persistence. In 1959, Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point belt—a design so intuitive it...