Thread: 1954 Lincoln Cosmopolitan

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There were no seat-belts in those times.

Seat-belt wearing became compulsory in the UK in the 1980s. One of my friends is a consultant anaesthetist. He said one of the things that was very noticeable as soon as seat-belts became compulsory, was that almost immediately there were far fewer organs available for transplant.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There were no seat-belts in those times.

They were options. I have a 1955 Chevy that has them. Lap belts only. I think the first airbag was back in the 70's and offered by Chevy. FYI, 1955 was first year of small block Chevy Motor. 265 CI.

I don't remember exactly when they came out but seat belts were lap belts only for a number of years. Even NASCAR racing cars didn't use shoulder harness until after champion Joe Weatherly was killed. He lost it and hit a wall sideways an his torso hit the door of the car and his head actually smacked into the wall killing him. That was around 1960 and shortly thereafter shoulder harness became mandatory in NASCAR.

Little off topic, but i had '69 Dodge Monaco 2D with 440 when i still was handsome. There was no seat belts.
Still curse the day i sold it although i'm not sure if i could afford to drive it with the gasoline prices we have today. Maybe the best car i ever had.