Think about the seat belts in your car. Most of them go over your shoulder and across your lap. But in millions of cars in the U.S., the middle back seat only has a lap belt. Safety experts say that ...

Question: I’m pregnant and I’ve seen seat belt attachments that clip under the seat and say they make belts safer for pregnant people. Are these safe to use? Answer: I contacted the expert who is the ...

Q: Michael Ward of San Bernardino recently bought a 1970 Camaro. When the car was new, he said, it was equipped with lap seat belts, no shoulder harness seat belts. Ward asked if the Camaro is “still ...

Seat-belt gadgets marketed to protect pregnant women may actually increase crash risk. Learn why experts say to skip ...

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Study reveals that lap-and-shoulder seat belts perform as well as child safety seats in preventing serious injury. For young children, all states currently require the use of child safety seats, and ...

Barry Myers, an independent medical expert appointed to view autopsy photos, reported Monday that stock car driver Dale Earnhardt had died of a basilar skull fracture caused by violent head whip and ...

The issue: How safe are your children when you put them on the school bus? Especially in the less dense parts of the Lower Hudson Valley, school children are dependent on big yellow school buses to ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County school transportation officials want the public to know about the benefits and dangers of using seat belts on school buses. Currently, West Virginia does not have a ...

Three-point seat belts are effective at reducing fatalities for center rear seat passengers in cars and light trucks, a study shows. The benefit is more dramatic in passenger cars than in light trucks ...