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In reply to the discussion: The Guardian: 'Decades ahead of his time': history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter [View all]Stuart G
(38,414 posts)5. Carter's Sec of Transportation ordered "seat belts in all cars" & saved tens of thousands of lives.
..Most people don't know that..and that is another "great contribution of President Jimmy Carter"
But Brock Adams...ordered that into the future..1979 the order was made for 1984.. (originally for front seat passengers only) now all seats have them, and we all use them.)
Guess what...with other safety devises, deaths have gone down on the highways.
.................from 55,000 in 1979, to about 36,000 last year....in spite of the fact that we have...
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...double the cars....and one hundred million more people... (40 percent less people killed)
....................................Carter was partially responsible for that...........................................
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The Guardian: 'Decades ahead of his time': history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter [View all]
kpete
May 2021
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Carter's Sec of Transportation ordered "seat belts in all cars" & saved tens of thousands of lives.
Stuart G
May 2021
#5
Not quite. It speaks as it did then to the effectiveness of the RW propaganda machine
Ford_Prefect
May 2021
#26
If we'd gone to renewable energy, then not so many Wars For Oil and dead people. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2021
#20
Not only have I always thought that JEC was a severely underrated President,
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#24
In a long and horrible history of sleazy moves, this one is a show-stopper.
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#45
"Carter was our only president who had a visceral environmental and ecological attachment. "
Ferrets are Cool
May 2021
#41