>> I remember that some people used to think that you would be better “thrown clear”
>> in the event of a collision. Head first through the windscreen presumably.
It was said quite seriously, I remember well.
I can just about imagine the roots of that belief. It the early days of motoring, and for that matter in the highest levels of motorsport too, there had been no seat belts and the drivers who survived proper crashes were most likely the ones who parted company with the vehicle. Perhaps it's still true for motorcycles. Belts weren't obligatory even in grand prix racing until the early 70's.
But I certainly can't see how the probabilities would favour that theory in anything but an open car, and with laminated windscreens although they were generally only tempered glass at the time.
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