Happy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort. The history of seat belts is a ...

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 ...

The proposed rule would require them for each passenger seat and the driver's seat on passenger buses and large school buses. Comments are due by Oct. 18 on the rule, which would not require ...

Lap-only seat belts started disappearing from cars decades ago — after all, they're a nearly 100-year-old technology. Yet we still click them in modern airline seats. There is early indication that ...