The RAC has issued a stark warning to drivers over wearing seatbelts 40 years to the day that they became mandatory in British cars.
A new report published by the motor association has revealed that 1.7m full driving licence holders in the UK admitted to driving without a seatbelt over the last year. Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary that wearing seatbelts became a legal requirement.
Drivers are therefore being urged to strap in before every journey as 30 per cent of annual road deaths involve one party not wearing a seatbelt, while people who don't wear one are twice as likely to die in an accident.
