Posted on 08/24/2024 6:05:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
13 DANGEROUS Old Car Features That No Longer Exist!
Explore the dangers of old car features in this captivating YouTube video titled "13 DANGEROUS Old Car Features That No Longer Exist!" From the 1950s to the 1980s in the USA, discover the safety hazards that were once common in vehicles. Watch now to learn about these obsolete features and how car safety has evolved over the years.
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I had a 63 Stude Gran Turismo and was hit right in the drivers door by an idiot in a 65 Ranchero who ran a red light, I walked away from that crash and later(after a few injections in my back) went back and drove the car home...try that in a newer car!
I think a protruding hood ornament is the least of my worries.
22 minutes to tell us what could be read in 2 or 3 minutes in article form.
On YouTube, it's all about maximizing advertising revenue so they will take an hour to explain how to pan fry over easy eggs as opposed to sunny side up.
Grew up riding outside on the running board of dad’s car (<15mph) and riding in the back of a pickup truck.
And we all used the same ladle when drinking out of the water bucket on a hot day.
Still alive.
We just weren’t morons in those days, unlike this generation who has to be told not to iron clothes while wearing them.
Bench seats and a lack of seat belts led to premature pregnancy in many cases.
There are plenty of old car dangerous features. But what about a new car with its dangerous features? I’m talking about blind spots the size of a brick wall. Backup cameras are a nice feature these days. They are also necessary to see what you’re going to back into.
Most new cars today are like tanks in that you can only see what’s in front of you.
Rode all around the town on the back of a trash truck, holding on to a grab-bar.
Trash cans were steel and some contain a variety of potentially dangerous objects and chemicals - thrown out because they were dangerous, out of sight and out of mind, and then my problem according to modern panic-topia.
But I was not scared nor did I worry.
Because I was alive and free.
Ca 1956, a high school classmate of mine’s father, a physician, had his sternum crushed which in turn ruptured the ascending aorta which killed him.
“....try that in a newer car...”
You’d have to spend days picking up all the plastic and composite pieces in the intersection an glue it back together.
Didn’t bother reading per FR tradition but gotta wonder if any mention of the fuel tank directly behind the drivers seat (old F100’s) was made. Other than that and a few other exceptions, I’ll take an old vehicle any day, anytime. Though, an upgrade to ABS and 4-wheel disc brakes would be sweet.
Back in the day, a favorite pastime of non-restrained front seat passengers was to be launched through the front non-safety sharding glass at the same speed the car was traveling,
“Back in the day, a favorite pastime of non-restrained front seat passengers was to be launched through the front non-safety sharding glass at the same speed the car was traveling”
Actually, my cars have seat belts, and I’ve always used them, even years before they were mandated.
In your case, consider yourself lucky for having survived such STUPIDITY.
You must have missed something mate...that never happened to me but I saw it more than once for others. My cars have seat belts to..,now, but they didn’t in the early 50’s and before. You were just an unguided missile,
Ok, that makes sense.
So sad. That was very common in that era. If the steering column didn’t get you, getting thrown through the windshield did. Or hitting your head on the unpadded steel dashboard got you.
The front seat was extremely dangerous in those days in head-on collisions (or colliding with a wall, tree or pole) without dash padding, collapsible steering columns and 3-point seat/shoulder belts.
The other thing that got people was the ignition key perfectly aimed at your knee. That destroyed a lot of patellas. At least it didn’t kill you.
We rail a lot about government regulatory overkill, but all of these regulations really improved auto safety.
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