Choices. It's Always a Choice

Greetings all

Last week, I had the amazing opportunity to meet with good friends in the ‘beautiful’ city of Cincinnati.  While having coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts (with donuts of course, because you HAVE to have donuts at Dunkin’ Donuts) I was asked if I had stopped writing because maybe I’ve been ‘un-inspired’.

The response was along the lines of ‘busy-ness’ rather than lack of inspiration. 

Well, it’s true.  I’ve been busy.  Most work-weeks have seen 6 days for months now.  I come home tired and not so much in the mood to write.

God - and Seat Belts

Weird title, I agree.  Weird article. I probably won’t argue that either.

Automobile Seat belts
• Standard vehicle equipment 1958
• Mandatory vehicle equipment 1968
• Mandatory use (front seat) 1983
• Seat belt reminders – 1974 Law prohibits NHTSA from requiring any seat belt reminder system from being more insistent than an 8 second warning light and buzzer. (Although not required, many manufacturers have enhanced this significantly.)

The evolution of seat belts and their associated alarms is interesting.

• The two-point lap belt: I am certain these became buried in seat cushions for the life of the vehicle since rarely did anyone use them.
• The fully automatic-wrap-around-you-when-the-door-closes 3-point system:  Many of us got tangled up more than once.  
• The attempted no-buckle-no-start system in the mid-70’s (which eventually lead to the 1974 law mentioned above) 
• The 3-point belt/air-bag systems that's common today.
• And something relatively new, discussions regarding mandatory back seat use