07-23-2018, 07:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Fairfield, Virginia
Posts: 615
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Re: Different take on seat belts
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Originally Posted by Lona
For those who think seat belts in an A are useless, try this. Sit in the front passenger seat with someone else driving. The driver is told beforehand to slam on the brakes unexpectedly at only 15-20 mph. If the brakes are adjusted properly as they should be, you, as the passenger, will slide off the seat, your knees will hit the gas tank, your torso will bend at the waist and your face will crash into the front windshield or dash rail. Same thing would probably happen at 10 mph. Then come back and tell us full belts in an A are useless.
Glen, a die hard proponent of both lap and shoulder belts in our Model A cars.
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Amen!
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