Re: awful time with daughter re riding

Eileen Morgan writes:
A lot of individuals didn't. A lot of people died very young indeed. And
cars were safer because there were a heck of a lot less of them and they
were more 'of a size' with one another back in the day, too.

You figure seat belts first came into common use about 1940?
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John Hasler Boarding, Lessons, Training
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