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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So a patent existed prior, but that doesn't mean they were made. SAAB made them standard 14 years after this car. Do with no other data, I'd say no and no.

Edit: just realized that reads like I'm being pissy, but that wasn't the tone my finger was swiping with. Thanks for the data!

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Well the key word there is standard. I'm guessing that seatbelts were optional equipment prior to that, because I have seen a '50 SAAB 92 that had a driver's side lap belt, which I believe was original equipment. I have also seen a '45 Chevy truck that also had a lap belt, but I'm unsure if that was original equipment.

That's why I said yes, but probably not.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Got it, thanks

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I think the popular argument against seatbelts was a long the lines of ~~guns~~ cars don't kill people, reckless drivers kill people. Which, I guess, is the same argument that we use for anything that's a bad idea for society as a whole, but is lucrative.

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