Re:Ask HN: Best cars without too much digitalization?
by sam_lowry_ on Sunday November 21, 2021 @10:51AM
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After reading the Superfreaconomics chapter on child seats I can believe seat belts do quite some harm in accidents.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2020/08/people-once-complai...
> trapping people in burning cars or causing drowning or preventing rescue personnel from being able to free those who are injured
> belts cause internal damage when an accident causes the wearer to slam forward
> folks wear them incorrectly, across their stomachs rather than their waists, where they will do more harm than good