There is a lot of discussion that she committed suicide if you search for it online. Biden himself said directly sometimes people feel it’s the only way out. I found it very odd the 1 year old daughter was being held by Neilia as she was driving. Of course she was killed. The 2 boys survived. So were they belted in? How could she have been driving holding a baby?
It’s not odd at all that a mom would hold her baby while driving. Things were very different back then...we were much freer than we are today.
Seat belts were more of a decoration and some cars didn’t have them at all.
I remember an accident that happened not far from where I lived. The two cars crashed head on at about 60mph. Two teens in the back seat of one car were killed in their seatbelts when the belts cut them in two. Cars were solid, well made. Todays breakaway cars absorb more impact.
1972... No seat belts and no kids’ car seats.
Did cars have seatbelts in 1972? We only had a 1967 VW Bug back then until 1975. Then we bought a new car with seatbelts. The VW had only lap belts, only in front seat. I know it was dangerous but everyone drove cars while holding babies, especially before seat belts and baby car seats. When we had our first child in 1981 it was highly recommended to take baby home from hospital in a baby car seat, but not a law back then. They could be in front seat facing forward. It was the dark ages. Our son is almost 40 so he survived.