TV reporter Bob Crampton interviews Inspector John Kemble Beatty of the Plymouth Traffic Centre on the introduction of compulsory seatbelt-wearing. The new law comes into force at midnight on 31st January 1983. Swedish carmaker Volvo introduced seatbelts in the fifties as an accessory but by 1959 the 3-point belt was fitted as standard. Britain did not introduce the compulsory fitting of front seatbelts to cars until 1967 and rear seatbelts followed in 1987.