Auto Industry Safety

Other People Are Reading Car Manufacturing Process Safety Issues in the Automotive Industry DartUtils.loadGoogle160 = function() dmjs.runInlineAd = true; $('.AdUnit160').hide(); $('.AdWrapper').addClass('no160'); ; googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag Autel MS509.display('160x600');); Seat Belts The seat belt was first patented in 1885 by Edward J MS509. Claghorn. Edward J. Claghorn first patented the seat belt in 1885, and by the late 1950's seat belts had begun appearing as a standard feature in all cars produced by the Saab company. Shortly after, the car industry, including the Ford Motor Company, began supplying their cars with safety belts. By 1968, car companies were offering both front seat and rear seat safety belts. In 1970, Victoria, Australia, became the first state to require all drivers to wear safety belts.

Airbags The Oldsmobile Toronado was the first car to offer passenger side airbags. The auto industry, in an attempt to make their vehicles safer, began experimenting with inflatable restraints MD802, what we now refer to as airbags, during the 1950's. In 1973, with driver side airbags already in place, the Oldsmobile Toronado offered a passenger side airbag, becoming the first car company to offer such a feature. By 1998, duel frontal airbags were required in all vehicles by federal law.

Crash Protection Crash test dummies are used to study the impact of crashes on humans. The automobile industry began using crash test dummies in 1966, and still use them today, to research the impact a car crash has on the human body. The Hybrid I, Hybrid II and Hybrid III, which were crash test dummy models, were all produced by General Motors. All three dummies were built to represent different body weights and heights and equipped with clothing in order to recreate the effect of a human sliding on a car seat during a crash.