The two-point style of seat belt offered more protection than wearing ... to be featured on Holy Shift—in street cars, the racing industry or whatever you'd like—feel free to send an email ...

In the coming decades, two-point seat belts and lap belts became ... 1954 that the Sports Car Club of America made seat belts mandatory in racing events, as per DefensiveDriving.com.

On July 10, 1962, Swedish Engineer Nils Bohlin was issued a patent for a mechanism that would change the world: the three-point automobile safety belt. (Welcome to Today in History, the series ...

He had been in charge of the team that developed ejection seats and ... Co. Safety-belt use in automobiles at the time was limited mostly to race cars. And the traditional two-point belt, which ...

For once, something besides the ever-increasing costs of racing ... with the two leg straps and are willing to cinch them down tighter. VanGilder says that the six-point belt systems are quickly ...