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CoachKandSportsguy
09-30-2021, 08:01 AM
1984 NBC news clip, resistance to a new federal law, change is hard people. . . especially when you rely on the past to predict the future of random events. .

https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/reactions-to-seatbelt-mandate-in-1984-sound-very-familiar/

the only site I could find with the actual clip to listen

and the clincher is the FL highway patrol at the end. . . wonder why they picked florida?
Mortal1
09-30-2021, 11:47 AM
by the end of your post I detect a "conspiracy" hint. your tag line is something that's been going on since man walked on two legs, had fire and developed social structures.

Nothing new here.
Dana1963
09-30-2021, 11:56 AM
Some people can't escape the past.
Ben Franklin
10-01-2021, 04:33 PM
1984 NBC news clip, resistance to a new federal law, change is hard people. . . especially when you rely on the past to predict the future of random events. .

Reactions To Seatbelt Mandate In 1984 Sound Very Familiar - UNILAD (https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/reactions-to-seatbelt-mandate-in-1984-sound-very-familiar/)

the only site I could find with the actual clip to listen

and the clincher is the FL highway patrol at the end. . . wonder why they picked florida?

I remember Lee Iacocca being vehemently against seat belts, until he discovered that people wanted them, and then he championed them.

HOW IACOCCA BECAME A FERVENT AIR BAG EVANGELIST - Orlando Sentinel (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-08-31-8908314648-story.html)

Today we have people shouting "personal choice." Should we demand that laws be thrown out, because they go against our "personal choice" demand. Or, is "personal choice" granted to those who shout about it the latest?
JMintzer
10-01-2021, 04:37 PM
I remember Lee Iacocca being vehemently against seat belts, until he discovered that people wanted them, and then he championed them.

HOW IACOCCA BECAME A FERVENT AIR BAG EVANGELIST - Orlando Sentinel (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-08-31-8908314648-story.html)

Today we have people shouting "personal choice." Should we demand that laws be thrown out, because they go against our "personal choice" demand. Or, is "personal choice" granted to those who shout about it the latest?

Seat belts?