Some aspects of the legislative and political process leading to the adoption of a seat belt law in Britain are outlined. The technical arguments is favour of such a law were successful in debates in which the freedom of choice was the main substantive counter-argument.
In: Advances in belt restraint systems, design, performance and usage : proceedings of the international congress and exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 27 - March 2, 1984, p. 153-159, graph., tab., ref.; SAE Paper No. 840328.
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