I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.

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    5 days ago

    my old car had these and did not have airbags

    I do not disbelieve you, but now I need to do some looking up because that’s fascinating. literally

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      5 days ago

      Right, that’s exactly what he said. For a few years, a car could either have airbags or automatic seatbelts. So a lot of cars chose the cheap seatbelt option, and omitted airbags. Then airbags became mandatory, and suddenly then didn’t want to do the auto seat belts.