In 1978 this 16 year old idiot would take as many as six teenagers home in a 1965 VW Bug - two in the passenger seat, three in the back seat, one in the space behind the back seat. No seatbelts.
It’s a wonder we survived.
I remember being one of around 7 or 8 teens in a VW Bug around 1971. They were able to fit in more because it had a sunroof, and one teen stood with his head sticking through the roof while another sat up there with their legs dangling into the car.
I don't recall now whether the seat on the sun roof came with a seatbelt? :-)
Speaking of seatbelts: People think that walking through graveyards at night is the ultimate spooky experience. But what I found to be an even spookier experience was walking through junkyards near twilight in the mid-70's looking for parts for my '65 van.
In that era, there were still plenty of cars from the 50's and early 60's to be found in junkyards, ie before seatbelts started to become popular (and later required by law).
And a large number of wrecks with major front end damage had circular, spider-web-like cracks to the windshield just above the steering wheel, and often a second one on the passenger side.
It was pretty obvious what had made those cracks from the inside of the car. As a recently minted driver, those always spooked me out.
In 1978, this 16 year old did the same in a 1968 VW bug. Amazing we lived.