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realistically it would be electric cars being widespread 15-20 years go. But yeah this comment is barely an exaggeration about flying cars. The car industry f
by icedistilled 4y ago
realistically it would be electric cars being widespread 15-20 years go. But yeah this comment is barely an exaggeration about flying cars.
The car industry fought tooth and nail against seat belts and other things like collapsible steering columns.
- withinboredom 4y agoIsn’t there a movie about this? I vaguely remember watching one where the big names were sabotaging the inventor of the seatbelt.
- resist_futility 4y agoMaybe you were thinking of "Flash Of Genius" about intermittent windshield wipers?
- Treblemaker 4y agoOr this? Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_(film)
- withinboredom 4y agoThat’s the one!
- msh 4y agoThe modern seatbelt was invented by a volvo engineer, and they freely shared it with the rest of the industry. I am certain that some car makers did not like the idea, but you cant say that the industry as a whole fought against seatbelts.