PASSENGER PROTECTION IN AUTOMOBILES--A MEDICAL PROBLEM WITH A LEGAL SOLUTION

This paper was presented twenty years ago at the AAAM Annual Conference in 1964. At that time efforts were being directed at getting seat belts as standard equipment in automobiles. The paper briefly reviews state and federal legislation concerning automobiles and safety equipment, such as brakes, windshield wipers, and rear view mirrors. Final comments concern seat belts. In 1963 Congress passed a seat belt standards law which required the Secretary of Commerce to establish minimum standards for seat belts for use in motor vehicles. In 1964 a more important bill passed both houses of Congress--HR 1341 which required the Administrator of General Services to prescribe reasonable passenger safety devices for all passenger vehicles acquired by the federal government.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  P.O. Box 222
  Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-17
• Serial:
  • AAAM Quarterly Journal
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Assoc for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal government; History; Laws; Manual safety belts; States; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: History; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391292
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 053
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM