re: #447 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Nope, Ford perfected laminated safety glass for automobiles in 1919. Safety glass windshields were standard on Fords from 1919 on. The other manufacturers quickly followed suit. Those old safety glass windshields caused injuries because the pieces of glass were held together by the laminate which made them tough for something soft to go through. That, and the fact that cars didn’t have seat belts as standard equipment until the late Fifties.

You’re right. I should have mentioned an improvement in the windshields and the addition of safety belts. And getting the message across to actually use the seat belts. That still is a an issue.

The bit about the overly rigid steering columns still holds.