Right, that’s exactly what he said. For a few years, a car could either have airbags or automatic seatbelts. So a lot of cars chose the cheap seatbelt option, and omitted airbags. Then airbags became mandatory, and suddenly then didn’t want to do the auto seat belts.
They did this because laws required an automated restraint, and these were cheaper to install then airbags.
my old car had these and did not have airbags
I do not disbelieve you, but now I need to do some looking up because that’s fascinating. literally
Right, that’s exactly what he said. For a few years, a car could either have airbags or automatic seatbelts. So a lot of cars chose the cheap seatbelt option, and omitted airbags. Then airbags became mandatory, and suddenly then didn’t want to do the auto seat belts.