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Originally Posted by Firebird92
well i could see a seatbelts for old cars like my grandfathers 1966 firebird if you go without a seatbelt in that thing your eating dash and some steering wheel leather, i would hope to fly out the window instead, lol but for really seat belt is the only thing keeping you alive in an accident if you don't have an airbag
but for these new cars with like 20 airbags and curtain side airbags auto braking a seat belt is just why brother to me,
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Got a pic of that '66 Firebird?
It's all about physics. Somebody figured out back in the 50s or 60s that if the CAR absorbs most of the energy in an accident then the person will not, leading to a much higher survival rate and much lower injury rate.
You need to move slightly in an accident, which is why seat belts are made of webbing (and aren't really supposed to be re-used if they stretch too much after an accident). But you aren't supposed to move that far at all. Also, a modern car itself destroys itself to protect its passengers which is a big safety feature. People blab on and on about how their older car can take a minor hit much better than a new one (which is true most of the time) but in a more serious accident you can walk away from a hit in a modern car that would leave you in the ICU if you were in an older car.