A few days ago, I borrowed my son's 1985 Honda Accord. As soon as I turned on the ignition, the seat belt rolled across the door and buckled me securely in the car. I was surprised at how easy this ...

This classic clip illustrates why we don't miss the dark days of active safety, when someone in the auto industry, probably Satan, thought automatic seat belts were a good idea. Also, remember when ...

General Motors subsidiary Cruise has filed a patent application for a system that can automatically detect when a seat belt’s webbing has become damaged or frayed. This GM patent filing has been ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into a number of safety-related defects involving both foreign and domestic cars. The NHTSA is stepping up its investigation into alleged ...

Safety groups claim automatic seat belts can mean automatic trouble in car crashes, and are demanding that the federal government force manufacturers to insert air bags in all vehicles.Automatic belts ...

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You may be familiar with the Germany company ZF, the supplier of — among many things — an excellent and ubiquitous eight-speed automatic transmission used in many high-end cars like the Alfa Romeo ...

More than 35 million workers who drive on the job will have to buckle up and take driver-safety training under a rule proposed Wednesday by Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole. The rule would extend the ...

WASHINGTON — Less than three weeks after a deadly school bus crash near Dayton, Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has introduced legislation that would mandate the addition of seat belts on all such ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Children who ride the bus to school may soon have to buckle up thanks to a new national school bus regulation that may soon become a requirement. A deadly, scarring scene from two ...