On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Aristotle Sagan wrote: > Nope, no way. The kids like the 84 van but ya know, no shoulder belts, no > rides. As soon as the kids were out of baby seats, the van became a extra. It's amazing how times change. When I was a kid, *none* of the vehicles I rode in ever had rear safety belts. (They didn't appear in most American cars until well into the 90s, and then only for the outboard seats.) When I was really young, I remember sharing the middle seatbelt in an old Ford pickup with my sister. That truck didn't even have a padded dashboard. In fact, I got the impression we were a bit unusual as a family for even wearing seatbelts at all. Most people are a lot more safety-conscious these days, and that's a Good Thing.
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