Subj : Re: 2026 Infrastructure Bill in US; self-driving+
To   : Blue White
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jun 05 2023 07:28:00

-=> Blue White wrote to paulie420 <=-

 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
 BW> the cars would not start if they sensed that the driver was in the
 BW> car but not belted in.


I had a '77 Rabbit and later a 1992 Nissan Sentra with those. I liked
them as people at that point weren't putting on seatbelts by default. I
remember a few people who wouldn't wear seatbelts unless prompted.

 BW> I remember how the retracting ones were a bother enough if you were
 BW> simply trying move the car in and out of a garage, but I can't
 BW> imagine what it would have been like to have one tied to the ignition
 BW> just so you could start it while, say working on it.

I hadn't heard of that, but they did have an annoying BONG to remind
you of a detached seatbelt, just like any other car of the time.



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