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Wed 08 Aug 200950 years of belting up to save lives
NEWSFEATURE:Introduced in 1959, the three-point seatbelt is credited with saving over one million lives. KYLE FORTUNEspeaks to Volvo about its introduction and what’s next for safety
OVER ONE million people wouldn’t be with us today if it wasn’t for an invention created by a Volvo engineer 50 years ago this week. The device is the three-point safety belt and the engineer, Nils Bohlin, a man who has not only saved millions of lives, but also reduced the severity of injuries for countless others.
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