CARS.COM — The Latch system was designed to make child-safety seat installation easier for parents, but sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. Despite the fact that all automakers have been federally ...

New motorcoaches would for the first time be required to have lap-shoulder seat belts under a proposal announced Monday by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The plan affects large, tour-style buses ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Automakers say they have already begun to install lap and shoulder belts in the middle rear seat of vehicles, which will be required under a bill sponsored by Illinois lawmakers.

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 ...

New Jersey will require new school buses to have lap and shoulder seat belts — a measure taken after a May crash that killed a teacher and a 10-year-old student. Lap seat belts are already required by ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — If being crammed into a middle seat in economy wasn’t bad enough, air travelers may soon wonder what the heck happens if their seat belt inflates. Yes, inflates. The Federal Register ...