1972 transit does it need seatbelts!?????

[madmark]

if a transit isnt fitted with seatbelts and is a 1972 will it need them for the mot??????

[andykay]

I think it is only up to 1965 vehicles that are exempt

Andy.

[MrMPuk]

If it didn't have seatblets originally fitted then they are not required.

[madmark]

just wonderd

[Luke]

yes definatly needs em andys right about the pre 65 as my mini is 62 and seatbelt exempt

unless your on about back belts - then no it dont need em

[madmark]

no transit front seats must have difrent laws in germany!

[FredTransit]

yeah but it's in the UK now, so to get a UK test it would have to have them. That having said, the tester didn't even examine ours.

[walker tranny]

my two pick have no seat belts in pre 72 they were extras l had aford extras booklet

[Campertess]

Tessie is 71/72.
I have NEVER had seatbelts in her BUT

i do have a very kind mot man who says.....
They were in there when i passed her mot wernt they Jo..
umm yes.of course they were (officer)

But no.
But legally and believe me we have checked this fact after 1965 DO REQUIRE SEATBELTS.
But you can,i have,got away with none n i been driving Tessie 15 yrs.

only ever been stopped once n the copper bless him simply said... you own it,i'm sure you must be right.
so i got away with it n never put belts in her.

[captain hook]

Seatbelts required pre 65 cars..........pre 67 Light commercials...

[MRspivvy]

This could well be something to do with its former status as a fire van (was it?) whereby its going to be exempt seatbelts. dont want anything to slow you down in an emergency I suppose

[madmark]

This could well be something to do with its former status as a fire van (was it?) whereby its going to be exempt seatbelts. dont want anything to slow you down in an emergency I suppose

some have belts some dont!

[baconsdozen]

After 1965 any vehicle built in Europe had to have front belts fitted.(Some larger vehicles,army and emergency services exempt as well as mobile cranes).I don't know about anyone else but even after all these years I still have to make a concious effort to remember to put them on,despite forgetting to do so about twenty years ago which meant I left a portion of my head stuck on the interior mirror and windscreen surround of a mini,after the driver tied it round a tree.
(Probably explains why I'm half bonkers).

[madmark]

it was just that some fire vans dont have them fitted ,so in this country they would have to be fitted!