A Case for Seat Belts
Editorial - by Rick Black, Webmaster
A good friend of mine, Dick Mace of Medford Oregon, was recently on a Model A tour with his chapter members on a rural road in Southern Oregon. Out of nowhere, a pickup truck swerved into his lane and plowed head-on with Dick's 1928 Phaeton. All four people in the car, front and rear seats, were wearing seat belts that Dick had installed. All four were injured but survived the collision. It took the emergency crew 20 minutes to cut Dick out of the wreckage. |
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If we can learn anything from this, we should ALL install seat belts, front and rear, in our Model A's. There have been several articles in The Restorer detailing the installation. It's not difficult. It's not expensive.
• Seat Belts in a Model A?, May-June 1993 (38-1) p 24 -
• A Bear on Safety - Seat Belts, May-June 1993 (38-1) p 25-30 -
• Shoulder Seat Belts for a Model A, Sep-Oct 2005, (50-3) p 12-14 -
Chapters: discuss this with your members. Have a discussion at one of your upcoming meeings. Schedule a seat-belt installation clinic where everyone can bring their belts and get the help of other members to install them.
Installing seat belts WILL save lives. Don't hesitate. Don't put this off. Do it now. Please.
If you do install seat belts in your Model A after reading about this accident,
send a note to Dick Mace - he hopes that this message will reach far and wide.
Rick Black,
El Paso Texas
webmaster@mafca.com
