Are you curious as to who invented the seat belt used in all today's vehicles? The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo had begun seeking enhancements to seat belts since mid-twentieth century. At the beginning, the company experimented with a single strap over the belly but sadly, abdominal injuries were still unavoidable in high-speed collisions. More than that, Volvo's engineers also tried a diagonal chest restraint yet, it beheaded crash-test dummies.

Afterwards, the Swedish marque turned to Nils Bohlin – a 38-year-old engineer who had developed Saab aircraft company’s pilot ejector seats. Since passengers in cars want both safety and comfort, transferring aerospace tech to automobile would be a demanding task, according to Bohlin.

However, after a year of experimentation and research, he achieved a significant breakthrough - the most effective safety device ever – "the 3-Point Seat Belt" which includes one strap across the hips and another across the chest, each tied up at the same point. This kind of seat belt was so straightforward that driver and occupants were able to fasten with one hand. Volvo then made the new seat belt design patent open in the interest of safety and made it available to other car manufacturers for free.

About 60 years on after its invention in 1959, we cannot count exactly how many lives Nils' 3-Point Seat Belts have saved but we are certain it runs into millions of lives. 

Have you ever been saved by the 3-point seat belt of your car? Tell us in the comment section. 

https://autojosh.com/the-origin-of-3-point-seat-belts/

Nice to know the history of it all

I always wondered why race car drivers use different though

weh done!!!
all diz car makers just enter our trap.
they are purposely using diz 3point seat belt cuz they know we igbos hate anything "3"
we wee boycott all of dem and make dem prostrate b4 us

Ookkk......what's on

ajepkako like me e don way I use seat belt since wen my papa Mercedes Benz don spoil for 2005... na God be my seat belt anytime I enter molue for Lagos abi danfo...

even all the intercity or interstate buses for nija sef their belt no dey work only if u get ur own car...

God has really been helping me, one day while travelling we had a head on collision with a truck I no know how e happen I see my sef outside d bus unscratched

jenesee:
educative

Bros you’re a criminal and you’re not hiding it

Ya https://www.youtube/channel/UCMKEkcc6hMIn7mrmJ6SkANA

the technology is high tech, never knew Volvo invented this, I do hate seat belts but I love my like more than the hate. lol

I'd always implore people to use their seatbelts. Do not wait until you sight the men of the Federal Road Safety unit before scrambling to put on one. My cousins are still alive today because of the common sense to put on one. There was a crash which made the vehicle flip a couple of times. Had it not being for the seatbelts, they could have been either seriously injured or dead. They only suffered minor scratches which did not need any treatment other than an X-ray with revealed no broken bones and some painkillers.

Another instance, a fellow I know was driving someone to the nearby park. He drove without the seat belt after all; people think seatbelts are for long or interstate journeys. Barely 100m from their home, a crazy truck driver slammed into the SUV; it was a head-on collision. He smashed his chest into the steering wheel and is still in a coma as I type. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Always put one on, even if the distance is 20m. It does not kill if you put one on, but it may kill you if you don't.

Life saver invention!


Kudos to the inventor!

#Teamiseeroadsafetyiwearsitbelt

bigcil2:

Bros you’re a criminal and you’re not hiding it

Abeg wetin the guy do?

If you know you hardly clean your seatbelt and it has stained your clothes before... Join in let us know ourselves.

Kudos to Nils & Volvo. Scandinavians are very humanitarian & altruistic. Till today. Some over capitalist Western people would have made billions of dollars from it.

The very best in car crash safty

mctfopt:
I'd always implore people to use their seatbelts. Do not wait until you sight the men of the Federal Road Safety unit before scrambling to put on one. My cousins are still alive today because of the common sense to put on one. There was a crash which made the vehicle flip a couple of times. Had it not being for the seatbelts, they could have been either seriously injured or dead. They only suffered minor scratches which did not need any treatment other than an X-ray with revealed no broken bones and some painkillers.

Another instance, a fellow I know was driving someone to the nearby park. He drove without the seat belt after all; people think seatbelts are for long or interstate journeys. Barely 100m from their home, a crazy truck driver slammed into the SUV; it was a head-on collision. He smashed his chest into the steering wheel and is still in a coma as I type. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Always put one on, even if the distance is 20m. It does not kill if you put one on, but it may kill you if you don't.

what happened to the air bags?

Agadsman:
If you know you hardly clean your seatbelt and it has stained your clothes before... Join in let us know ourselves.

me me me! *hides face*

mctfopt:
I'd always implore people to use their seatbelts. Do not wait until you sight the men of the Federal Road Safety unit before scrambling to put on one. My cousins are still alive today because of the common sense to put on one. There was a crash which made the vehicle flip a couple of times. Had it not being for the seatbelts, they could have been either seriously injured or dead. They only suffered minor scratches which did not need any treatment other than an X-ray with revealed no broken bones and some painkillers.

Another instance, a fellow I know was driving someone to the nearby park. He drove without the seat belt after all; people think seatbelts are for long or interstate journeys. Barely 100m from their home, a crazy truck driver slammed into the SUV; it was a head-on collision. He smashed his chest into the steering wheel and is still in a coma as I type. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Always put one on, even if the distance is 20m. It does not kill if you put one on, but it may kill you if you don't.

Thank You

sirusX:
Nice to know the history of it all

I always wondered why race car drivers use different though

I think race car seatbelts are designed to better hold the body in the middle of the seats at all times as they are always in high gears and in corners their car and body roll sometimes makes them lose grip of their steering wheel

If it’s not the reason I believe it must be one of it

Still in place

Benz4pimp:
what happened to the air bags?

Didn't deploy.

sunnyeinstein:


me me me! *hides face*

Lol...guilty as charged

Benz4pimp:
what happened to the air bags?

In modern cars, the air bag won't deploy if the seat belt is not fastened. This is to prevent the air bag from snapping the drivers/passengers neck.

Regards.

Samsimple:
ajepkako like me e don way I use seat belt since wen my papa Mercedes Benz don spoil for 2005... na God be my seat belt anytime I enter molue for Lagos abi danfo...

even all the intercity or interstate buses for nija sef their belt no dey work only if u get ur own car...

God has really been helping me, one day while travelling we had a head on collision with a truck I no know how e happen I see my sef outside d bus unscratched

no insult bros but this your comment is uncalled for ...the people who had died as a result of not using seat belt... can t the Deity you called protect them...this is one thing that is drawing Black Nations backward we tend to overlook things on the altar of being protected by one Deity or the other...

AutoJoshNG:
Are you curious as to who invented the seat belt used in all today's vehicles? The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo had begun seeking enhancements to seat belts since mid-twentieth century. At the beginning, the company experimented with a single strap over the belly but sadly, abdominal injuries were still unavoidable in high-speed collisions. More than that, Volvo's engineers also tried a diagonal chest restraint yet, it beheaded crash-test dummies.

Afterwards, the Swedish marque turned to Nils Bohlin – a 38-year-old engineer who had developed Saab aircraft company’s pilot ejector seats. Since passengers in cars want both safety and comfort, transferring aerospace tech to automobile would be a demanding task, according to Bohlin.

However, after a year of experimentation and research, he achieved a significant breakthrough - the most effective safety device ever – "the 3-Point Seat Belt" which includes one strap across the hips and another across the chest, each tied up at the same point. This kind of seat belt was so straightforward that driver and occupants were able to fasten with one hand. Volvo then made the new seat belt design patent open in the interest of safety and made it available to other car manufacturers for free.

About 60 years on after its invention in 1959, we cannot count exactly how many lives Nils' 3-Point Seat Belts have saved but we are certain it runs into millions of lives. 

Have you ever been saved by the 3-point seat belt of your car? Tell us in the comment section. 

https://autojosh.com/the-origin-of-3-point-seat-belts/

sometimes I begin to embrace the environmental theory of Development... the Causal/mechanical explanation method of the advanced peoples instead of the one used by Africans ...they are so embedded in invention and research... while Sub saharans are so embedded in religious activities and spirituality