Editing Seat belt (section)

===European Union seat belt reminder===

In the European Union, seat belt reminders are mandatory in all new passenger cars for the driver seat. In 2014, EC Regulation 661/2009<ref>{{CELEX|32009R0661|text=Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor}}</ref> made UN Regulation 16 applicable.

Amendment of UN Regulation 16<ref>Uniform provisions concerning the approval of:
*I. Safety-belts, restraint systems, child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems for occupants of power-driven vehicles
*II. Vehicles equipped with safety-belts, safety-belt reminders, restraint systems, child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems and i-Size child restraint systems https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/R016r10e.pdf</ref> made seat belt reminders mandatory in
* all front and rear seats of passenger cars and vans,
* all front seats of buses and trucks.

This improvement applies from 1 September 2019 for new types of motor vehicles and from 1 September 2021 for all new motor vehicles.<ref>
European Road Safety Observatory, Road Safety Thematic Report – Seat belt and child restraint systems, https://road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-01/Road%20Safety%20Thematic%20Report%20-%20Seat%20belt%20and%20child%20restraint%20systems.pdf{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4|from this source=yes}}</ref>