Safety First
I woke up this morning as I was reminded of this commercial. How odd to pull it out of my memory. I wonder how many people felt (or still feel) it unfair to have this safety guidance put into place. As far as I can remember back, I had always worn a seat belt. My parents made me! Were they being controlling? I didn't think of such things in a legal way. I was too young to understand the litigation involved with creating and passing laws. I remember when I was a child growing up in the 60s and a time when my parents were looking at used cars. Some had seat belts. It wasn’t a required feature at the time, though the newer models did offer lap belts. I don’t know when the strap part was finally introduced. I remember seeing this commercial promoting the safety for wearing belts. According to this site, by 2018 all but one state had made using a seat belt (now called safety belt...