Re: Seat Belts

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2013/8/20 23:00:55

Nice testimonial for seat belts, even in older cars and olden times. For a driver of a '68 Impala to have his seat belt on in '72 was fairly unusual. Maybe he had seen a few of what I call "believer" cars-- wrecks that have a perfectly preserved interior except for a crushed steering wheel and a big hole in the windshield right in front of the driver's seat! I've seen too many of those to listen to any malarky about how not having seat belts on has saved people who were "thrown clear"... those incidents constitute very rare exceptions to the rule: when a car suddenly stops, unrestrained bodies inside will continue forward at the same velocity until they encounter a solid obstruction.