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The seat belt was invented by George Cayley, a British engineer and inventor, in the mid-19th century. Cayley designed a safety belt for passengers in horse-drawn carriages, and his design included a strap that was attached to the floor of the carriage and passed between the passenger's legs, with another strap that passed over the shoulder. However, Cayley's seat belt was never put into widespread use and was largely forgotten until the 20th century.

The modern seat belt, as we know it today, was invented by a Swedish engineer named Nils Bohlin. Bohlin worked for the Volvo car company, and he developed the three-point seat belt in the late 1950s. Bohlin's seat belt design was a significant improvement over earlier designs because it included a lap belt and a shoulder belt that were connected and could be tightened by the passenger. The three-point seat belt was first installed in Volvo cars in 1959, and it quickly became a standard safety feature in vehicles around the world.

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