50 Years Ago - Page 3

TheMercenary · 11-28-2010, 05:33 PM

I have great memories of the time, just not if "Rear seatbelts became standard in '68, '64 up front."

Not something the average child thinks about or remembers in the 60's.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2010, 05:35 PM

It depends on the childs age and interests, but the seatbelt thing I had to look up 3 days ago.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2010, 05:39 PM

Bastid.

Clodfobble · 11-29-2010, 06:31 PM

They may have been standard installation, but I'm pretty sure it was still legal to drive without them, right? As late as about 1980, a car salesman was trying to convince my mother-in-law that a particular vehicle would be perfect for them, despite the fact that they were a family of 5 and it only had 4 seatbelts.

Actually, now that I think about it, children now have all sorts of seatbelt laws, but I think it's still legal today to be an unbelted adult in the back seat.

kerosene · 11-29-2010, 10:52 PM

When I was a little kid, children only had to be belted in the back if they were 3 or under. I know this because my mom lied to a cop about my brother's age when she got pulled over after the cop saw my brother and I bouncing around in the backseat. That was in the early 80s, so not that long ago. Now, kids have to have carseats until they are 7 or something. And no front seaters at all.

HungLikeJesus · 12-05-2010, 09:15 PM

That was like a quarter of a century ago!

Griff · 12-06-2010, 06:36 AM

Seat belts? I remember lying on the ledge under the back window of Dad's Malibu watching the tree-tops fly by... that was apparently before bad things could happen.

11-28-2010, 05:33 PM	#31
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I have great memories of the time, just not if "Rear seatbelts became standard in '68, '64 up front." Not something the average child thinks about or remembers in the 60's. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2010, 05:35 PM	#32
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It depends on the childs age and interests, but the seatbelt thing I had to look up 3 days ago. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2010, 05:39 PM	#33
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Bastid. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-29-2010, 06:31 PM	#34
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	They may have been standard installation, but I'm pretty sure it was still legal to drive without them, right? As late as about 1980, a car salesman was trying to convince my mother-in-law that a particular vehicle would be perfect for them, despite the fact that they were a family of 5 and it only had 4 seatbelts. Actually, now that I think about it, children now have all sorts of seatbelt laws, but I think it's still legal today to be an unbelted adult in the back seat. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-05-2010, 09:15 PM	#36
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That was like a quarter of a century ago! __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-29-2010, 10:52 PM	#35
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	When I was a little kid, children only had to be belted in the back if they were 3 or under. I know this because my mom lied to a cop about my brother's age when she got pulled over after the cop saw my brother and I bouncing around in the backseat. That was in the early 80s, so not that long ago. Now, kids have to have carseats until they are 7 or something. And no front seaters at all.

12-06-2010, 06:36 AM	#37
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Seat belts? I remember lying on the ledge under the back window of Dad's Malibu watching the tree-tops fly by... that was apparently before bad things could happen. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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