re: Did you wear seat belts growing up

Grew up in the 70's, didn't even know the autos had seat belts. Hell, people would openly drink beer while driving and had a holder for the can on the dashboard.

No. I started wearing them in about 1995.

Drank beer regularly while driving till about 2000.

I remember my grandfather cutting them out of a brand new ‘64 Chevrolet Impala because they were in the way.

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Hell, people would openly drink beer while driving and had a holder for the can on the dashboard.

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The ones I remember would hook in to the area between the window glass and the door. They'd look sort of like this, but they were always white, as I recall.

Our 69 Buick Wildcat was the first car we owned that had them. That thing had a 430 cu. in. V8. We wore them. The 63 Falcon wagon we had before that didn't have them.

No, my Grandfather used to cut them out of his truck. I remember sleeping in the back window of my Grandmother's 74 Ford LTD. That thing was a Star Cruiser in size.

Grew up in the same era and mom was vigilant about us wearing seat belts. Dad didn't care.

Mom was so vigilant she wouldn't let me ride in my friend's dad's car because it didn't have seat belts in the back seat.

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Y.A. Tittle

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Yes, remember those and we had those in our car. My father had the 'bean bag' holder for the truck dashboard

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No. My parents arms were my seatbelt

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anyone remember all the mid 80s cars with seatbelts on tracks that automatically went over you when you started the car?

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My 1990 MX 6 had those. I didn't mind them at all.

They were made like this.


It was just the shoulder strap. You still had to fasten your own lap belt. You can see it down next to the seat.

For years, the lap belt was all cars had. It was really hard for a cop to see if you were wearing that. Basically had to be stopped first, for them to see it wasn't fastened.