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Zero Fatalities Message Monday - Nov. 24, 2014

Posted on: 11/24/2014
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11-24-message-mondayOnce a year we give thanks for our family and friends. Do you know who to thank for your seat belt? Nils Bohlin, safety engineer with Volvo, invented the (modern) three-point seat belt 55 years ago. Below is a video clip from five years ago celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd1qw0J0X7M&feature=youtu.be

 

So in this week of Thanksgiving, make sure you take the extra two seconds to buckle up and then say a little thank you for this incredible safety innovation.

Posted by Iowa DOT at 07:54:50 AM

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