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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77960</law_id><section_number>46.2-1093</section_number><catch_line>Requirements for safety lap belts, shoulder harnesses and combinations thereof</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="12">Safety Belts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any safety lap belt or <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harness or any combination of lap belt and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harness installed in a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> shall be designed and installed in such manner as to prevent or materially reduce movement of any person using the same in the event of collision or upset of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span> shall establish specifications or requirements for approved type safety lap belts and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harnesses or any combination of lap belt and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harness, <span class="dictionary">attachments</span>, and installation, in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such specifications or requirements may be the same as those specifications or requirements for safety lap belts or <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harnesses or any combination of lap belt and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harness established by the Civil Aeronautics Administration Technical Standard <span class="dictionary">Orders</span> or regulations established by the Society of Automotive Engineers or the standards of the federal <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Transportation, for safety lap belts and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harnesses or combination of lap belts and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harnesses.
		No person shall sell or offer for sale any safety lap belt, <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harness, or any combination of lap belt and <span class="dictionary">shoulder</span> harness or <span class="dictionary">attachments</span> thereto for use in a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, unless of a type which has been approved by the <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-312.1; 1956, c. 36; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-310; 1966, c. 37; 1968, c. 171; 1970, c. 20; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
