Motor vehicle safety has been a thorn in the side of the auto industry since Model T
Fords rattled their way across the big-sky American landscape a hundred years ago.
The industry’s introduction of the safety cage during the sepia-toned first half of
the 20th century was the start of a concerted effort to deal with a sticky problem of customer churn, putting it politely. Crumple zones, three-point seat belts, anti-lock brakes and airbags followed as the kodachrome-toned twentieth-century ramped up.
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Posted by: Patrick Nelson December 12, 2012 05:00 AMMotor vehicle safety has been a thorn in the side of the auto industry since Model T
Fords rattled their way across the big-sky American landscape a hundred years ago.
The industry’s introduction of the safety cage during the sepia-toned first half of
the 20th century was the start of a concerted effort to deal with a sticky problem of customer churn, putting it politely. Crumple zones, three-point seat belts, anti-lock brakes and airbags followed as the kodachrome-toned twentieth-century ramped up.