>>>>>>So we're talking about 55 kids or so. I am not saying "no big deal" but it does seem to confirm what I said about the unlikelihood of it happening.
>>>There was a time when seatbelts were optional equipment that you paid for or they threw in as a bonus. Years and years ago, you could choose between seatbelts and other options. Seatbelts weren't chosen very often because no one wore them.
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>>But that was in my lifetime (I think sometimes you forget just how ancient I really am). When my dad was a kid, nobody'd ever heard of seatbelts. Of course, he was driving a tractor or riding the rails at the time. ;)
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>You ancient? No way... :o)

The reason why nobody'd ever heard of bicycle helmets when I was a kid is because a lot of people thought that new 'wheel' thing was just a passing fad.