[Mgs] Seat Belts

[David Breneman]

--- On Sat, 7/2/11, Barney Gaylord <barneymg at mgaguru.com> wrote:

> In 1968
(or
> maybe 1969) they were required to have shoulder harness for
> the two
outboard front seats, but it was common for the
> shoulder strap to attach
separately (and maybe not be used).
> A few years later the law was ammended
to require the
> shoulder strap to be permanently attached to the lap belt.
>
> In 1974 for one year only the cars had a pressure sensor in
> the front
seats and a seat belt latch sensor and and a
> seat-belt to ignition
interlock.  

I think 74 was the year that shoulder harnesses were
attached.
My grandfather had a 73 Cadillac and he'd
get really ticked off at it because
it had a seat belt
buzzer.  If he wanted to back it out of the garage, he'd
grab the belt and wrap it around his left leg to shut
off the buzzer.  All the
time I saw him do that, it was
the belt only - the shoulder harness was tucked
into
the headliner. 

The worst were those ironically-named "passive" seat
belts in the late 80s that would strangle you getting
into and out of the car.
I guess air bags put an end
to those.