To Buckle Or Not To Buckle:
A Matter of Life or Death
In 1959, Nils Bohlin, a safety engineer for the Swedish-based Volvo automobile company, introduced the three-point shoulder/lap safety belt. Today, seatbelts, as they eventually would be known as, are installed in all automobiles. . Seatbelts have proven to put the driver and the passengers at lower risks of mortality involved in accidents. It is for this reason that forty-nine of the fifty states of America have made laws mandating the use of them. "Buckle up, it's the law," say many highway signs to inform motorists. …
