If anyone knows the following I would be grateful:
1. Prior to which dates can a car have only seatbelts in the front? and prior to which dates can you have no seatbelts at all?
2. From what date did the paint on cars compulsorily change to water based?
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1. Front belts required from 1st Jan 1965, rear belts from 1st April 1987.
2. No idea.
RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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dont know about q2 but the attached should answer the seatbelts one. Looks like rear seatbelts required for cars first used after 31 March 1987 but check & see if thats your understanding. Front seatbelts are required on cars used after January 1965.
www.motuk.co.uk/manual_510.htm
Hope this helps
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1.1.1965 Anchorage points and body restraining belt required for driver and front specified passnger seat. Vans from 1.4.67.
After 1.4.1982 Three point belts required for driver and specified passenger.
After 1.4.1987 belts brought in for rear passengers.
Pass on the paint question.
DVD
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Why does paint have to be water based?
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I think it's meant to be better for the environment or something.
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Dr Alex Mears
Seat Leon Cupra
If you are in a hole stop digging...unless
you are a miner.
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There is no direct answer to the water based paint question. Depends on manufacturer, where made, and market its sold into. The European VOC directive suggested manufacturers had made the switch by 1999, altho several countries (Germany and Sweden) had enacted anti polution legislation earlier.
Its all about the waste paint sludge. Solvent based paints are toxic in sludge form and polute groundwater when dumped.
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"Solvent based paints are toxic in sludge form and polute groundwater when dumped."
Good idea to ban them.
Why don't they also ban?:
. the contraceptive pill: pollutes gorundwater and affects male fertility
. All PVC based products: same comments as the pill
. All smoking: pollutes air etc
. Mercury amalgam fillings: mercury is a known poison and affects brain tissue
. All modern car wiring which is incredibly toxic if it burns.
et etc etc
madf
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Without getting in to Madf's point, thanks for the info guys...
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Could not resist the mercury fillings point, apparently before you can be cremated mercury filings must be removed. Don't know exactly why, maybe they produce a toxic gas when burned.
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It's also true that the mercury amalgam used is nicely inert in your mouth and does no harm.
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