[treeman79]

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/automatic-seat-belt-terrible-id...

Automatic seatbelts we’re tried. Was a horrible idea. I still have bad memories of those things as a kid.

[rainbowzootsuit]

IIRC it was a cheaper option of supplemental restraint system that the driver didn't control as a phase in period before airbags became the only acceptable SRS.