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Originally Posted by Grant-53
Feds wanted a fleet of cars to test the effectiveness of having the seat belt locked before the ignition would engage. The car company sent the fleet to a government car pool. Nobody liked it and no surprise the proposed regulation was dropped.
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Actually, the regulation was adopted, at least for some period of time. I own a car whose original equipment does indeed prevent the key from starting the engine if the seat belts for occupied seats are not fastened. It's a 1974 model year car--but that "feature" has been disabled for at least a couple of decades in mine...
-soD