Date:         Wed, 19 May 2004 11:26:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
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From:         Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 18 May 2004 (#2004-473)
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RE: "if you want to argue that point, you can also argue why didn't vw put 3
 point shoulderharnesses in ALL vanagons, when clearly they were ALL made
 to accept the 3 pt shoulderharnesses..    thats one thing i never understood.."


Because they did not have to for the US market. Rear seat shoulder belts were not required in the US prior to 1990(plus or minus a year). I remember reading back then that the attachment points for the belts had been federally mandated since 1972, but they waited 18 years to add the belts.

Mark in AK

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