<VV> TX seat belt laws

[Ron]

Why pull up the carpet when it should be obvious from underneath?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel McGregor" <joelsplace at earthling.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:31 AM
Subject: <VV> TX seat belt laws


> Warning:  don't read if you want to be ignorant of the seat belt laws.
>
> Texas seat belt law:
> § 547.601. SAFETY BELTS REQUIRED.  A motor vehicle
> required by Chapter 548 to be inspected shall be equipped with front
> safety belts if safety belt anchorages were part of the
> manufacturer's original equipment on the vehicle.
>
> Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
>
> I guess that means they will pull up your carpet to check for anchors.
>
> Inspection rules:
>
> 20.23 Seat Belts. Front seat belts are required on every motor vehicle in 
> which front seat belt anchorages were a part of the manufacturer’s 
> original equipment on the vehicle.
> Anchorages defined: A seat belt anchorage consists of a threaded hole in 
> suitable structure to receive the seat belt attachment fittings or a 
> circular pluck which is welded to the vehicle chassis. Self-treading bolts 
> are inserted into the pluck to form the complete seat belt anchorage 
> assembly.
>
>
> Joel McGregor
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