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Back in the 1950s and 1960s if you got hit or you got in a really bad car wreck you were pretty well going to be dead or hurt and maimed for life because let me tell you they didn't have much in the way of safety equipment. A lot of them just got impaled on the steering wheels. You know what happened to people that went through the windshield before they had safety glass. A lot of people got thrown out of the car and then the car rolled over on them. A lot of them were trapped in the car and burned alive. And a lot of people just brushed their teeth on the dashboard which was usually made of solid metal and bashed their brains out too. Or just caved their faces in. Believe it or not I know a couple of guys that were working on their cars underneath the car without jack stands they just use the jack that came with the car.... That ended badly....

They showed us this gory police movie when I was 15 and was in 'driver's ed'. I remember the movie was called "Mechanized Death". I couldn't wait until the end of the summer when they finally showed it. All the kids talked about how it was the best part of learning to drive.

I've gone through a couple of windshields myself because I just did not feel obligated to use the seat belts.... That was just too inconvenient... Of course the first time I wound up with a concussion.... And I got cut up pretty good... The second time I went through the windshield ... then over the hood ...and into the damn pine tree the car had hit... At that point a concussion was the least of my problems... I had some brain bleeding.... Messed up the vertebrae in my neck..... Broke both my arms and my left shoulder.... Broke my nose and fractured my jaw..... When I woke up they were putting a catheter the size of a water hose inside of me.... Just more fun times for Waco...

It could of been better if a running chainsaw beat him to the ground and then the limb followed both

man you would not believe what people with chainsaws do to themselves on YouTube.... One guy got his chainsaw stuck in this big tree he was trying to cut down.... So he decided it would be a good idea to take a sledgehammer and smack it real hard to try and get it out of the tree... But the sledgehammer ricocheted off of the chainsaw and smacked him smooth in the face... It didn't just break his nose it shattered his nose to where it was completely flat like a Bugs Bunny cartoon...

tended to get a little warm in the summer.

And no air conditioning. Just a work van.

I might have a few days off. That’s perfect timing since the Turkmobile has died honorably.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a car where the ac worked. As long as the heat worked

Summers were short anyway.

Back in the 1950s and 1960s if you got hit or you got in a really bad car wreck you were pretty well going to be dead or hurt and maimed for life because let me tell you they didn't have much in the way of safety equipment. A lot of them just got impaled on the steering wheels. You know what happened to people that went through the windshield before they had safety glass. A lot of people got thrown out of the car and then the car rolled over on them. A lot of them were trapped in the car and burned alive. And a lot of people just brushed their teeth on the dashboard which was usually made of solid metal and bashed their brains out too. Or just caved their faces in. Believe it or not I know a couple of guys that were working on their cars underneath the car without jack stands they just use the jack that came with the car.... That ended badly....

I had a friend who burned in a car accident and lived because he had his seatbelt on. The buckle became jammed and he could get it undone right away.  Burned his ears off it was so hot. I didn't wear belts for a long time after that. These newer designed buckles are better.