Re: IML: classic car safety

["Dave Ford" <daveford1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's ironic that Volvo invented the current 3 pt. harness and then offered 
it to the automotive world for use royality free.. and they did....

> From: ken cleversy <cleversy@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: classic car safety
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:48:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Just to add another 2 cents..most modern cars have a 2point connection
> when you include the shoulder belt. The reason is seat belts at a high
> speed can do more damage by letting your pelvis remain in place while
> allowing your spine to move. Also as the article said:
>
>   And with vehicles built before the 1930s, "you just can't retrofit many
> of these cars. They will never meet any modern crash test criteria for
> safety," said Eron Shosteck, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based
> Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
> After all, Conrad said, "Bolting yourself down to a 70-year-old piece of
> wood isn't really going to stop anything."
>
> My 59 Imperial has retrofitted seat belts and I wear them, but the reality
> is that if I get hit by an F250 Truck at 65 the seat belts aren't going to
> be that much help.
>
>
>
> --- DR CHALLENGER <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > then nobody including insurance should have to pay for injuries you
> > receive
> > when not wearing them.
> >
> > >From: "Buck Rind" <rind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>  I do not believe in the seat belt law. It should be left up to the
> > >individual not mandated by the government. My 1962 Imperial did not
> > come
> > >equipped with belts and I won't put them in.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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