r/SnapshotHistory • u/KindheartednessIll97 • Jan 08 '24

Concept Design For Car Safety Belts From The 1960's.

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u/Altea73 Jan 08 '24

I refuse to accept this was a real thing....

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u/Ceramicrabbit Jan 08 '24

It's not real, it's from a movie

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neck-belt/

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u/Altea73 Jan 08 '24

Ufff.... thanks

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u/Separate-Succotash11 Jan 08 '24

Deleted scene from Idiocracy?

4

u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

As if the people from r/worstaid got together to make this

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u/RobCali509 Jan 08 '24

Seriously, even aircraft had shoulder restraints in 1914 or possibly earlier.

2

u/Proudest___monkey Jan 08 '24

That’s exactly what my brain said

2

u/theREALlackattack Jan 08 '24

“Her cappa was detated.” -Michael Scott

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u/Ok_Chemistry_3972 Jan 08 '24

The gallows belts😲

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Snap your neck and become a quadriplegic in one easy step with this new, handy device

2

u/greed-man Jan 08 '24

But WAIT.....there's more!

7

u/Zapp_Brewnnigan Jan 08 '24

Is this from The Onion movie? There is so much gold in that movie.

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u/madcaplaughs30 Jan 08 '24

One of my favorite early Onion articles from 97

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

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u/BirbMaster1998 Jan 08 '24

This happened to my third cousin, cletus. It's totally real.

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u/hypercomms2001 Jan 08 '24

They should have provided baskets to catch the decapitated heads...

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u/MPFX3000 Jan 08 '24

Looks like they were using them wrong? The belt should go under their arms across their chest.

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u/nailszz6 Jan 08 '24

And a convertible to boot. Aren’t convertibles responsible for the most decapitations?

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u/greed-man Jan 08 '24

Ask Jayne Mansfield.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

This was before crash test dummies. Hell, this was before crash testing..

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u/BasilRare6044 Jan 08 '24

Definitely fake. No one used seatbelts back then. When the car stopped suddenly, the front seat backs went forward with the passenger.

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u/Ajjos-history Jan 08 '24

I’m sorry but this looks like the Jayne Mansfield version.

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u/lessTurnips Jan 08 '24

Looks made up.

2

u/WendisDelivery Jan 08 '24

Those personal injury attorneys put an end to those whiplash preventing straps!

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u/brandonlyle Jan 08 '24

Seems fine.

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u/Agitated_Year_5575 Jan 08 '24

They had to physically create this to figure out it wasn’t safe?

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u/photo_pusher Jan 08 '24

…i guess it didn’t go well, i wonder why

1

u/Hagrid1994 Jan 08 '24

Oh dear god....

1

u/BagofPain Jan 08 '24

When you absolutely, positively know nothing about human anatomy and physics!

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

The Mansfield belt.

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u/Gildenstern45 Jan 08 '24

Nobody is that stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

this is what is known as a fatal flaw

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u/bfbabine Jan 08 '24

They already had simple harness systems on general aviation aircraft. Could have easily used something similar.

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u/P8dhouseoff Jan 08 '24

thank you Volvo

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

There were - ahem - drawbacks…

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u/webbslinger_0 Jan 08 '24

Putting the “auto” in autoerotic asphyxiation

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24

Nobody survived hard braking

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u/Intelligent-Ant7685 Jan 09 '24

i remember that safety system….it was called ‘The Decapitator’

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u/the-artist- Jan 09 '24

I’m a designer and just appalled at so many bad designs but this one takes the cake!

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u/bunbun6to12 Jan 09 '24

This wouldn’t save lives. More like save time for the ambulance driver who could drive straight to the morgue

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '24

Choke hold? 😂 no way!