2007-10-12 11:58:29 · 9 answers · asked by curt m 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
Illinois law 625 ILCS 5/12‑603.1 requires that the driver of a vehicle has to be belted in, but it has a number of exceptions. The UPS driver doesn't have to be belted into his stepvan, for instance, under certain circumstances. The one that is of interest to *you* is #8 - 8. A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped with seat safety belts under federal law.
The federal law which applies is actually a regulation, not a law. It's 49 CFR 571.209. The oldest version of that regulation was 44 FR 72139, which was published Dec. 13, 1979. Since your pickup was manufactured before that date, it was not mandatory for Ford to equip it with seatbelts.
Even though you're not *required* to have seatbelts, and thus you're not required to *wear* seatbelts, I had my dealer install seatbelts when I had an F150 of similar vintage. Even though I have the body of a football lineman, or perhaps because of it, my butt would slide sideways on that bench seat when I would go around a corner. Belted in, I felt like I was in control.
My wife didn't think that was much better; she was highly critical of my driving. Never the less, I thought the cost was justified by the benefit of having "posi-traction for my @$$".
2007-10-12 12:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
quite common installation. the reason for no push rod is that the arm on the pump (lever) is pushed from an eccentric on the front of the camshaft. Disconnect the strains earlier eliminating the bolts for the pump. do away with the previous pump, place a sparkling gasket (or silicone) on the pump, and insert the lever below the eccentric, and start up each bolt and run them in the two, a pair of turns each at a time. shield the bolts when you have started the steel line. After securing the bolts, THEN shield the line and deploy the flex line. If the line is in any respect previous, or showing cracks, now may be the time to replace it. reliable success
2016-12-14 16:02:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think in some states you dont have to wear a seatbelt at all in a truck as long as your 18 or so ive been told that could be b.s. just go ask a cop you cant get in trouble for asking what the law is..i would get some seatbelts anyway tho cuz trucks are not really the best in crash testing
2007-10-12 19:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by metal_is_forever99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most states only exempt to 1968 for seat belt.. but I think some just had lap belts... but the 1978 if I remember had shoulder and lap belts, so junkyards, restoration places, or New Ole Stock places about the only places to try...
2007-10-13 16:36:37 · answer #4 · answered by gearbox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should put seatbelts in, and not because of the law. Because of your life!
2007-10-12 14:32:04 · answer #5 · answered by Eric P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does not go by if you have them in the car at present if the vehicle had them in it when it was manufactured then they have to be in it now. and it was only cars before sometime in the 1960,s that did not have any seatbelts
2007-10-12 12:03:04 · answer #6 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Seat belts were standard equipment in 1978. Someone must have removed them
2007-10-12 12:03:41 · answer #7 · answered by Cruiser 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is incorrect, anything manufactured after January 1967 fall under the seat belt law. It is easy to install / reinstall them and used belts can be had at salvage yards very cheaply.
2007-10-12 12:07:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about il. but in RI if you want a car to be exempt from any current law, you must get a special plate for it. like an antique plate
2007-10-12 12:06:27 · answer #9 · answered by Lapin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋