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> Mandatory seatbelts are a simple mechanical device Welcome, traveler from the distant past. It's 2021 now and you won't believe who were last two POTUS. Sea

> Mandatory seatbelts are a simple mechanical device Welcome, traveler from the distant past. It's 2021 now and you won't believe who were last two POTUS. Seatbelts are not simple mechanical devices for quite some time. They are part of integrated safety systems including pre-tensioner, air bags and "pink noise" sound emitters etc.

mdp2021 5y ago
> Welcome, traveler from the distant past :) I salute you, dweller! Interesting the idea of the pink noise ( https://bgr.com/tech/mercedes-pre-safe-sound-pink-noise/ https://bgr.com/tech/mercedes-pre-safe-sound-pink-noise/ ). Also since there are people with a strong phobia about air bags, given that they are reported to sometimes cause over 170dB of noise (already at 140dB there is very high chance of impairment). This written, while I have been reliably told of extremely severe issues (mutilation post unduly explosion of airbags) after the trivial practice of bad electric cabling, I am unaware of consequences from the seat belts. So I assume the systems were developed in the years of solid engineering (as opposed to internship based development, ship-now-fix-later models etc) - though clearly there are critical vital potential areas for compromization there. Seat belts do not constitute a kill switch feature which may trigger in a false positive of engineering related issues. > It's 2021 now and you won't believe who were last two POTUS I am really, really not sure I want to know now...
t-writescode 5y ago
Implementation of seat belts, the seat belt patent and legislation of seat belt requirements are 3 separate things.