to prevent you form flying out of the windscreen or hitting yourbody on to something
1950
Not if they did not come from the factory with seat belts. If they came form the factory with seat belts you are required to wear them.
Airbags and seat belts
In the year 1949 seat belts became an option in cars.
in 1970
In the US seat belts began to show up in the later 1950's.
1966
Yes
no
1955 In 1955 Ford offered for the first time lap belts as an option on it's cars. Saab was the first car manufacturer to introduce seat belts as standard equipment in 1958.
It was the first modern seat belt that was put in cars by Volvo in 1959-1960
Not necessarily. By 1964, Most U.S. automobiles were sold with standard front seat belts; rear seat belts were made standard in 1968. So there were cars sold in 1960 that did not have seat belts.