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texanwitch

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7. That would explain why the crew didn't have seat belts.

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 08:44 PM

Jul 2012

Star Trek went off air about the time car seat belts became common.

Not everyone had a new car with seat belts.

Hell the show had transporters so why not some kind off seat belts for the crew.

This could make your head hurt.

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Who woulda thunk that people in the future would be so short-sighted about the seatbelt mandate? [View all] MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 OP

If they didn't fall all over the place, what fun would the show have been? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #1

LOL Xyzse Jul 2012 #2

I can give you a warp drive or an automatic restraint system. A Simple Game Jul 2012 #3

Why not just turn off the ship's artificial gravity machine when that happens? Kaleva Jul 2012 #4

The actors knew how to throw themselves around. texanwitch Jul 2012 #5

Front-seat lap belts were required (in the U.S.) in '65... front shoulder and rear lap belts in '68. MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #6

That would explain why the crew didn't have seat belts. texanwitch Jul 2012 #7