Seat Belt Laws
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Though the actual law that applies that he would fall foul of would be the RTA:
www.legislation.gov.uk
Road Traffic Act 1988
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to road traffic with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Americans of a certain type blamed (and still do) everything that they didn't agree with on those pesky commies. The same type in the UK go with 'woke'.
Soldato
Court will rule wear as designed. He ll have to pay.
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Iirc the middle belt in my mum and dad's a class is 3 point, but I'm sure you have to click in both sides. Not sure I'd trust it over a proper 3 point one.
Soldato
If you trust the buckle on one side, why not the other?
I'd forgotten about those old breathalyser bags with crystals. That takes me right back. I also remember as a kid in my parents car we never had to wear seatbelts at all.
Same, I think the law must have changed around the late 80s or early 90s.
I remember as a kid having to wear a seat belt as the law came in.
1983 front seat belts became compulsory if fitted. 1991 for rear seat belts.
Hell, I remember as a kid having to lay across the back parcel shelf on a soft top MG midget!
Same here. My dad refused to wear his still for at least 10 years after the law changed.
Back in 1961 when I was 3, I was messing about on the back seat and opened the door, I then fell out onto the road when my Dad turned the corner
-https://www.google.com/maps/@53.006...lp4RQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu
It's funny watching that now. Talking about drinking 3+ pints down the pub and driving like meh. That's about a day's wages now, people can't afford to be over the limit
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Soldato
When I had my first car with a seat belt you had to manually pull them tight (proper belt as today) - It was great when you get a new girl friend who hadn't been in one before -Run shoulder strap straight down middle of their chest and pull it up very tight. -Good old days
Maybe but there is a guy on there advocating he's still fine to drive after 15 pints!
Actually they were quite strong, all between 3% and 4.9%. Okay so you dont see and 5 and 6% beers like now but you really werent safe driving after 4 pints of 4.9% beer in the 60s!
Guinness was actually stronger in the 60s - 4.4% and now its only 4.2%
How strong was beer in the 1960s and 1970s?
A visitor to the website asked me about the strength of John Smith's Bitter in the 1950s. I was able to find out that it was 3.4% ABV in 1960. Today it is 3.6%.
www.retrowow.co.uk
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For some reason that reminded me of my dad's old Cortina. It had a rusted hole in the floor at the back big enough to put your hand through. So my brother and I would sit on the floor, pull the carpet back and poke sticks and pens through it onto the road while he was driving.Back in 1961 when I was 3, I was messing about on the back seat and opened the door, I then fell out onto the road when my Dad turned the corner
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.006...lp4RQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu
Safety standards are a bit better nowadays! But somehow we survived.
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My dad was saying the other day about how when he used to commute to work about an hour each way, he and a neighbour would swap whose car was in use each week* (they worked at the same place), and apparently one day it was his friend's turn and as they were going through a large puddle the mat on the passenger side lifted up as the water came in through a large hole.
I may have made a flintstones joke.
*That way each week one of the cars could be getting fixed for one fault or another, as my dad put it "the joys of british made cars in the 60's and 70's" (apparently it wasn't uncommon for half the men on the street to gather round and offer advice/a hand as there was always someone every weekend trying to fix a problem with an engine or something).