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minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlinkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoThey typically have roll over protections in the seat and windshield to save the people inside. This doesn’t.
minus-square@cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish30•9 months agoYeah modern cars do. Back then though, they didn’t even have seat belts. The glass roof, was the least of their problems if they crashed
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-29 months agoBut the glass roof would pop the airbags, reducing their effectiveness.
minus-squareIndiBronylinkfedilinkEnglish20•9 months agoCan’t tell if you think old cars had airbags or if I’m interpreting your comment incorrectly. From my own memory, air bags didn’t really become a common thing until the late 90s. A lot of my cars from the 90s didn’t have airbags at all.
minus-square@Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoAirbags were first patented in 1952. They couldn’t even become common place until the patent expired.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoWhy would they have airbags if they had glass roofs?
minus-square@RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoModern ones do. In this era they didn’t, the windshield just folded flat and there was usually nothing in the back as well.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoSometimes your kids were in the back.
minus-square@RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoTrue, but they didn’t offer much of a shielding from the impact with their short, weak necks.
minus-square@Successful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoToday. Back in the day cabriolets didn’t necessarily have those.
They typically have roll over protections in the seat and windshield to save the people inside.
This doesn’t.
Yeah modern cars do. Back then though, they didn’t even have seat belts. The glass roof, was the least of their problems if they crashed
But the glass roof would pop the airbags, reducing their effectiveness.
Can’t tell if you think old cars had airbags or if I’m interpreting your comment incorrectly.
From my own memory, air bags didn’t really become a common thing until the late 90s. A lot of my cars from the 90s didn’t have airbags at all.
Airbags were first patented in 1952. They couldn’t even become common place until the patent expired.
Why would they have airbags if they had glass roofs?
Modern ones do. In this era they didn’t, the windshield just folded flat and there was usually nothing in the back as well.
Sometimes your kids were in the back.
True, but they didn’t offer much of a shielding from the impact with their short, weak necks.
Today. Back in the day cabriolets didn’t necessarily have those.