Subj : RE: 2026 Infrastructure Bill in US; self-driving+
To   : Blue White
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Jun 04 2023 18:11:55

  Re: RE: 2026 Infrastructure Bill in US; self-driving+
  By: Blue White to paulie420 on Sun Jun 04 2023 07:46 am

 BW> Something I had forgotten (maybe because I was still pretty young and 
 BW> we didn't have new cars) was that back in the 1970's/early '80's when 
 BW> they were pushing seat belts, there were cars that had some automated 
 BW> gizmos to quasi-force drivers to use their belts.

 BW> I do remember the ones that auto retracted when you opened and closed 
 BW> the front doors. What I did not remember, or know, is that some of

Some cars did that even into the early 90s.  I briefly had a 1993 Volkswagen Corrado that had those motorized seatbelts in the front when you opened & closed the doors (but you'd still have to clip in the bottom part).

Nightfox
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