Seatbelt Alarm Blockers

Amazon said on Thursday that it had pulled down product listings for products called seatbelt alarm blockers from the e-commerce website. As the name suggests, these objects can be inserted in place of a regular seatbelt clip, to disable the alarm. On Wednesday, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari reportedly stated that he had asked the e-commerce gia...

India’s Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari revealed in a recent interview that the government has sent a notice to Amazon to halt the sale of seatbelt alarm blockers in the country.

The government has asked online retail giant Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable car seatbelt alarms, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters, citing potential safety risks.

Amazon said on Thursday that it had pulled down product listings for products called seatbelt alarm blockers from the e-commerce website. As the name suggests, these objects can be inserted in place of a regular seatbelt clip, to disable the alarm. On Wednesday, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari reportedly stated that he had asked the e-commerce gia...

India’s Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari revealed in a recent interview that the government has sent a notice to Amazon to halt the sale of seatbelt alarm blockers in the country.

The government has asked online retail giant Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable car seatbelt alarms, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters, citing potential safety risks.