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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">I saw a Chrysler of about 53 or 54 vintage with
seat belts. But in fairness I don't know whether they were OEM or
added.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=fwschneider@comcast.net href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">Fred
Schneider</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
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discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 28, 2014 7:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [PRCo] If anyone is filing these
away....</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>There was a second account of the item I posted yesterday
about the doofus who attacked the streetcar with his automobile on West Ohio
Street<BR>on Thursday Jan. 9, 1947.<BR><BR>On January 11, 1947 it was reported
that the passenger in his car died of the injuries suffered in the
accident.<BR><BR>Of course this was before seat belts. It appears
that Nash, in 1949, was the first company to even offer them as a factory
option and Ford in 1955 may have been number two. I remember my
dad installing them himself on one car … might have been the 1952 Ford.
So apparently this death happened before it was possible the passenger from
flying through the windshield. <BR><BR><A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19470111&printsec=frontpage&hl=en">http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19470111&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________________________________<BR><BR>If
anyone is interested in economics and labor history, I became aware while
scanning those 1947 newspapers of a tremendous number of strikes.
But1947 was minor compared to 1946. Seems the unions were barred
from striking during the war so now they wanted five years worth of raises all
at once. I found one article in January 1947 that stated that
there were 113 million workdays lost by 4.65 million striking workers in 1946,
the highest since 1920 when curbs were lifted after World War I.
In 1920, there were 4.16 million striking workers. about 10.5% less than
1946. But the population in 1920 was about 25% less than
1946. The mentality that allows us to strike in huge numbers for
all those years of lost increases … when the living costs didn't go up because
they were frozen too defies understanding.
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