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» pink101 - Jim Robbins

In response to What do you think? posted by JohnCrandall:
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Seatbelt laws are very curious--in a way.
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I remember when seat belts first came into use. Seat belts didn't catch on right away. It took a few years. They were sold in hardware stores and in parts deparments in car dealerships. If memory serves, the man who made them popular was Jim Robbins. He died in an airplace crash.
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Once the auto manufacturers caught on to the idea that installing seat belts on an automobile was an easy way to make more money, it soon was a law that they be an automatic accessory on every new car. When was that, in the 1960s? Later it became a law that the driver and passengers had to be buckeled up.
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It seems to me that I remember complaints from people who claimed seat belt laws were unconstitutional laws that restrained incividuals. They sure do save a lot of lives. I always wear mine.
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-- posted by pink101