[quote worriedatthemoment]@foxgoosefinch i also think people aren't referring to the seatbelts as more fun/ simpler
But playing out and things like that
We were more resilient as kids then and the it really was it takes a village to raise a child , people looked out for each other
Waling to the shops at a young age and generally being safer as there was a lot less cars for one [/quote]
No, there are loads of posts on this thread about cars and seatbelts, riding in the boot of estate cars, etc.
I posted some stats upthread if you read my posts - but tbh I thought everyone knows this: the figures are incontrovertible and common knowledge. Over 90% decrease in death or serious injury to children on the roads between 1979 and 2013, for example in the link I gave above.
On seatbelt legislation in the UK, you can google it with a few clicks. Front seatbelts have been compulsory equipment in cars since 1968 and rear belts since 1986, but in reality most cars had them far earlier.
If you do a bit of googling you'll find accidents in the home show similar declines, after legislation and public information around bottle closures, labelling of toxic products, kettle flexes, blister packs of painkillers, and so on, was introduced.
People like to look back and say how much fun it was, but in reality it was much less safe.
Some people looked our for each other; but some people turned a blind eye to child neglect, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and many other things.