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Originally posted by irseg
...For a few years in the mid-70s, the GOVERNMENT mandated a starter interlock which would prevent a car from starting if the seat belt wasn't fastened. Car companies and their customers protested it so strongly that it only lasted a year or two...
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I was going to mention something about that. I remember that if you put groceries in the passenger seat you would have to buckle the seatbelt or the buzzer would run forever. They had little switches in the seats and if a certain weight was on the seat it would have to be buckled up. I don't remember them not starting I guess cuz I wasn't old enough to drive.