What year did it become illegal to drive a car without wearing a seat belt?

Question

What year did it become illegal to drive a car without wearing a seat belt?

Answer 1

In the UK it was 31st January 1983 when it became compulsory to wear seatbelts in the front seat of a car.

In 1991 it became compulsory for adults to belt up in the back seat.

Answer 2

31st jan 1981(unless your a taxi driver or delivery driver entering and leaving the van a lot or anyone reversing!)

Answer 3

in the year 10 to power 120

Answer 4

That was years ago,ummmm I think I was about 19 years old,so about 1985,,or round about then.

Answer 5

In 1985, at least one mandatory seatbelt use bill was introduced in all but two (Idaho and Nevada) of the 49 states holding Congressional sessions that year.

By September 1989, 34 states had enacted mandatory seatbelt use laws.

As of December 27, 1995, with the passage of Maine's belt law, every state except for New Hampshire had a mandatory belt law.

Answer 6

1983 - Earlier this year they marked the 25th Anniversary, by showing the advert with Jimmy Saville on the news.

Answer 7

i think it was 1979.

Answer 8

1990.

Answer 9

You MUST wear a seat belt in cars, vans and other goods vehicles if one is fitted, if the car was manufactured before 1965 a seat belt would not be fitted to the car.

The introduction of a new law in 1982 making the wearing of front Seat belts compulsory .

Answer 10

In the UK it is still legal to drive without a seatbelt if the vehicle did not have them fitted from new, hence I can still drive my pre WWII car without any seatbelts fitted

Compulsory fitting of front seatbelts to new cars came about in 1965, in 1983 it was made compulsory for drivers and front seat passengers to wear them if they were fitted.

I'm told the official exemptions (for drivers, not for passengers - there are more exemptions for them) stand as;

      (a) the driver of or a passenger in a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for carrying goods, while on a journey which does not exceed 50 metres and which is undertaken for the purpose of delivering or collecting any thing;

      (b) a person driving a vehicle while performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing;

      (c) a person by whom, as provided in the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987, a test of competence to drive is being conducted and his wearing a seat belt would endanger himself or any other person;

      (d) a person driving or riding in a vehicle while it is being used for fire brigade or police purposes or for carrying a person in lawful custody (a person who is being so carried being included in this exemption);

      (e) the driver of—

             (i) a licensed taxi while it is being used for seeking hire, or answering a call for hire, or carrying a passenger for hire, or

             (ii) a private hire vehicle while it is being used to carry a passenger for hire;

      (f) a disabled person who is wearing a disabled person's belt; or