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Seatbelts
Seat belts were invented by George Cayley . -
All-Wheel Drive
In 1893, before the establishment of a modern automotive industry in Britain, English engineer Bramah Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive system for a traction engine, including four-wheel steering and three differentials, which was subsequently built -
Head Restraints
In an automobile, head restraint are attached or integrated into the top of the seats in each seating position to limit the rearward movement of rear and adult occupant's head relative to his torso in a crash, so as to reduce the danger of whiplash or other injury to the cervical vertebrae.Since their mandatory introduction in the late 1960s, head restraints have prevented or mitigated thousands of devastating injuries -
Airbags
Allen Breed invented a "sensor and safety system" in 1968, the world's first electromechanical automotive airbag system. -
Traction Control
In 1971, the Buick division of GM introduced MaxTrac, which used an early computer system to detect rear wheel spin and modulate engine power to those wheels to provide the most traction.
