A federal safety seat belt reminder rule requires new seat belt tech to be rolled out to every vehicle by September 2027.
Seat belts may seem like common sense, but Florida Statute 316.614 is very specific about when and how they must be used.
Efforts to promote safety on Interstate 90 continue to ramp up with the launch of the state’s safety corridor, dubbed the “Speed and Seat Belt Safety Corridor.” The action, naturally, serves to ...
Seat belts. For the vast majority of us, putting on a seat belt when entering the car is second nature. But for some, unfortunately, the act remains optional — and that’s leading to fatal results. In ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You might assume that when it comes to roadway safety, Massachusetts drivers would be ahead of the curve. But then again, after observing some of our state's ...
Together for Safer Roads recently published “Seat Belt Safety Standard Operating Procedures: How to create and maintain a culture of safety by promoting seat belt safety procedures.” This new guide ...
Within the next two years, the "ding" of a seat belt reminder will be required for all seats in a vehicle, no longer just the driver. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a ...
Results from a 2025 Safety Belt Observational Study show that seat belt use in Massachusetts increased for the third consecutive year, and reached a record high for the commonwealth.
Nearly half of the people killed on U.S. roads in 2023 were not wearing seat belts. That year, 17,872 vehicles in fatal ...
Dealers are advised to perform the inspection and hold any vehicles that are determined to have bad seat belt assemblies. As for the inspection, it’s not very fancy as it involves taping a ruler to ...
The number of people using seat belts while traveling Massachusetts’ roadways has never been higher, according to state ...
Washington — At a time when futuristic vehicle safety features are getting hype and attention from tech enthusiasts, one of the most life-saving areas of innovation is focused on a system first ...