Seat belts

[Aashika]

Originally Posted by sarv_shaktimaan

This reminds me.. may be 15 yrs back in Delhi, got off a flight and into a cab (ambassador) .. sat next to driver as my parents were sitting in the back seat.



I was like wtf .. what's the point of this, just for show off. Might as well wear a shirt with a black stripe across it.

did you ask him about the airbag too?

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Originally Posted by Aashika

did you ask him about the airbag too?

In all likeliness that would have spawned a counter question from him asking what an airbag was. We didn't have side mirrors in most cars back then, forget about seat belts and airbags.

[sgars]

Originally Posted by sarv_shaktimaan

In all likeliness that would have spawned a counter question from him asking what an airbag was. We didn't have side mirrors in most cars back then, forget about seat belts and airbags.

We had an ambassador in 81 and a fiat in 86. Another fiat in 88.
None of these had seatbelts. Only after new cars came in, that desis knew what a seatbelt is.

[Aashika]

Originally Posted by sgars

We had an ambassador in 81 and a fiat in 86. Another fiat in 88.
None of these had seatbelts. Only after new cars came in, that desis knew what a seatbelt is.

I think back in early 80's we didnt have too many cars roaming around the cities. Its just a handful. As the time went by, we had the need to.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Originally Posted by sgars

We had an ambassador in 81 and a fiat in 86. Another fiat in 88.
None of these had seatbelts. Only after new cars came in, that desis knew what a seatbelt is.

Yes, we had a fiat in 80s.. there were no side mirrors and no seat belts, can't recall if there was a rear view mirror.