While driving down roads at incredible speeds, the belt strap fastened around your midsection secures your safety inside the vehicle and distributes the force of impact during a sudden stop. First designed for aviators in gliders, the first seat belt predated the car and was only made mandatory in vehicles by 1976 (1984 for the United States). Seatbelts Save Lives.
My ASL Dictionary’s cartoon of a Race Car Driver (who risks constant crashes at high speeds) in a seatbelt and helmet shows the ASL hand sign for SEATBELT.
Clawed L hands at the waist join together like the two buckles of a seatbelt.
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