GM Crash Tests in 1968 - Scary!

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Mon 18 May 2009 15:03
GM Crash Tests in 1968 - Scary! - tack
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Horrifying standards in car design in the 60's. I am sure we have come a long way since then. I have never seen a whole bench seat with passengers (dummies, of course) come out of the drivers door before.


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Mon 18 May 2009 15:11
GM Crash Tests in 1968 - Scary! - TheOilBurner
Interesting.

Did GM at the time realise that these cars were death traps, or were these things actually considered OK at the time? If the former, then it makes you wonder, doesn't it?

I wonder how a 60s Volvo would come out of such tests?
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Mon 18 May 2009 15:24
GM Crash Tests in 1968 - Scary! - craig-pd130

I seem to remember that the Tucker Torpedo was ridiculed in certain sections of the press (probably briefed by the major rivals at the time) for having factory-fitted seatbelts.

The argument ran: "if it's so safe, why does it need seatbelts?"
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