Seat Belt Alarm

Why Seat Belt Reminders are Getting More Annoying

October 23, 2024 By Nadeem Muaddi

Have you noticed that seat belt reminders are getting louder and more insistent? It turns out automakers are being pressured to make them as annoying as possible. … [Read more...] about Why Seat Belt Reminders are Getting More Annoying

Tesla Recalls Cars Over Seat Belt Chimes

February 23, 2022 By Nadeem Muaddi

Tesla has issued a recall for 817,143 vehicles over a faulty seat belt chime. … [Read more...] about Tesla Recalls Cars Over Seat Belt Chimes

Flashback: The First-Ever Seat Belt Alarm

August 19, 2016 By Nadeem Muaddi

In June 1960, a man named Wes Jayne in Woodhaven, New York, wrote a letter to Popular Science magazine boasting about how he finally convinced his wife to wear a seat belt. However, his victory wasn't the result of rational argument or even trickery. It was clever engineering. What Jayne did is rig his car's front passenger seat to sound an annoying buzzer and flash a … [Read more...] about Flashback: The First-Ever Seat Belt Alarm