[Just another Joe]

What a terrible way for that Bel Air to die.

They could have given it to me and I would have given it a humane feath by mileage.

On another note, the only reason the guy in the Malibu would have survived is due to the air bag.
So in 50 years, they invented an air bag.

Hoorayyy </sarc>

[lack-of-trust]

Did the ‘59 have seatbelts? (57 didn’t)

[Yossarian]

Indeed, that was a horrible, stupid way for a Bel Air to die.

However....

On another note, the only reason the guy in the Malibu would have survived is due to the air bag. So in 50 years, they invented an air bag.

It's far more than that - crumple zones, steering columns, extensive computer analysis, prototype testing - and yes, the explosive component known as an airbag. Keep in mind, that final one's development and manufacturing took a tremendous amount of work, skill, and even literal costs of human lives (when the plants that make them occasionally blow up).

We have come a tremendous way in automotive safety, performance, quality, and efficiency - all through a huge amount of hard work and capital (there's Zer0's least favorite word) investment. It's just that this video is a dumb, dumb way to show it.