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fourfourzero t1_j5g0cdt wrote

Reply to comment by GetInZeWagen in You too could save your children for just $1.88 by sadnlonely916

literally zero people used seatbelts until they were made mandatory in 1985.

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mel_cache t1_j5hlrje wrote

Not true. BF and I started very deliberately after a drunk driver literally tore off the front of his car in a Tbone, leaving his toes in mid-air. If he hadn’t been wearing his he would have died, he just happened to put it on that time. This was in early 1973.

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Singaya t1_j5ghhro wrote

My brother and I used to ride in the upper sleeping area of the camper, above the cab of the truck, "Cliff Burton-style" and we didn't complain. Kids today.

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negativeyoda t1_j5kedvn wrote

My family used them as did friends and everyone I ever rode in cars with. That law happened when I was approaching junior high and I was confused because it never occurred to me there might be holdouts

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