• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Yeah modern cars do. Back then though, they didn’t even have seat belts. The glass roof, was the least of their problems if they crashed

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            5 months ago

            Can’t tell if you think old cars had airbags or if I’m interpreting your comment incorrectly.

            From my own memory, air bags didn’t really become a common thing until the late 90s. A lot of my cars from the 90s didn’t have airbags at all.

            • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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              4 months ago

              Airbags were first patented in 1952. They couldn’t even become common place until the patent expired.

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                4 months ago

                Airbags were introduced in the 60’s as an option, no one wanted the extra expense.

                It took regulation to make airbags commonplace, not really much to do with patents, more to do with airbag manufacturers, auto manufacturers and insurance underwriters working together to lobby for the regulation…since it benefitted them.

                Not that I’m against airbags in cars - this is just how it came about - vested interests.

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                  4 months ago

                  For some reason, I didn’t realize that airbags became a requirement. I always use my seatbelt and think I’d prefer not to have an airbag go off in my face, making it even harder to maintain control in the event of an accident.

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                    4 months ago

                    Don’t worry; if a crash is severe enough that your airbags go off, odds are your vehicle won’t be going very far anyways.

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        5 months ago

        Modern ones do. In this era they didn’t, the windshield just folded flat and there was usually nothing in the back as well.

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          4 months ago

          Hell, even today manufacturers will have warnings that the rollover bars aren’t for passenger protection.

          Crazy stuff.

          • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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            4 months ago

            Interesting. I think maybe try aren’t sufficient for professional use as a race-car, but protect sufficiently according to crash standards.