There is no dismissing the life-saving ability of seat belts, but just in case you're wondering how this simple yet ingenious invention came to exist and what was the first car to use seat belts ...

A new comfort design for car seat belts originating in Galway. Report shows Ballymoe village home of inventor Jim Flanagan. Jim Flanagan using an electric drill in his workshop. Alasdair Jackson ...

You read that right: the first line of “automotive” defence, the one that’s saved millions of lives since its invention ... a seat belt. She “managed to get out of the car on her own ...

Lancashire police issued the fine because in the UK it is the law to wear a seat ... point seat belt that we use today was invented in 1959 by an engineer called Nils Bohlin at the car ...

In 1958, the late Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars. It's estimated to have saved more than one million lives around the world. Show more In 1958 ...