April needs to watch Twister! You just run into the barn with all the sickels and blades and hold on to the water pipe. If you're driving into a tornado you just throw it into reverse and try to avoid all the flying cows! 😁
Weirdest car safety feature - Mom's arm flying across the passenger seat to hold you in. I've heard that it's universal and happens with all mothers. Would it work? Probably not.
I did the same when I was in a small accident with my now ex girlfriend (she was buckled up btw). Think it's a natural reaction when you truly care about someone.
we hit a deer when I was a young teen, mom did that to me and I did not hit the dash. Pretty sure moms have super powers in times like that. We didn't wear seatbelts back in those days.
Ontario, Canada had the most annoying safety rule for highway transport trucks that only lasted a few years. All trucks were required to have a speed governor that limited max speed at 105 km/h (65 mph). The problem that followed was that when one truck wanted to pass another truck it could take 20 or 30 kilometres to complete the pass, with hundreds of frustrated cars behind! Police stopped enforcing the rule and the next government rescinded the rule.
I had a Saab with a programmable speed alarm. I had it set at 90. My wife took it on a trip once. She came home and told me that the car kept beeping at her. She had no idea why.
I remember getting pulled over for no seatbelt in my 91 eclipse with auto belts. I demonstrated this to the cop. He didn't think it was as funny as I did.
1991 Laser Turbo. A very fun car. 190hp in a light car with a 5 speed. When that turbo hit the torque steer was wild. I miss those days. Mine was a turquoise color, never seen 1 that was the same color.
@@EGremlin In 1995 I had a 1994 corvette. I used to go to the local 1/4 mile drag strip. I raced a 1991 AWD Talon and got smoked. ( My vette ran 13.8 ) Turns out the guy had the boost turned wayyyy up. He ran a high 12 sec 1/4 mile. He beat me by 5 or 6 car lengths. I can't imagine a FWD like I had having any more boost than it did. Mine came with ZR rated tires and I could still chirp tires in 1st and second, and it was bone stock. I ended up wrecking it when I was on the boost going around a corner. The front passenger tire blew and I ended up 100 feet off the road thru trees. You can't find clean cars anymore. They are all blown up or ragged out. In my old age, now I drive a Honda Fit. very very sad.
@@batsonelectronics mine was an automatic which I heard was pretty rare. It was something I picked up for a 1k and drove around until the engine blew up. I wish I would have kept it though it was definitely fast and a blast going around turns at high speeds.
The Spaceometer thing is hilarious as the most pointless invention ever. In New Zealand, we used to have an advert on TV with Peter Brock (Americans, look him up if you don't know who he was) saying "Only a fewell breaks the tew seecond rewel!" - that's always stuck with me as it works at any speed - pick a point that the car in front of you passes, count to 2 seconds, if your car has passed that same point - you are too damn close! Back in the early 00's I had a JDM Toyota Corona that had the permanent speed chime at 110km/h - I just located it under the dash and snipped the wires.
I’ve heard stories of Teslas locking up the brakes on highways and such because it sees a shadow or traffic cone. That’s a safety feature that although great in theory can’t afford to have issue like that.
In the 1960's kids would stand up in the front bench seat and mom's arm was the safety feature. When mom was driving she would put up her arm like a railroad crossing bar and keep you from moving forward with the inertia of the stop. Worked great for me, thank God. How did we make it this far driving in the 60's and 70's. I know... The 55 mph speed limit. Sammy Hagar fixed that for us.
As a Ford/Chrysler Dealership technician in the 90’s, the Jeep Grand Cherokee would shrink the vinyl of the Steering Wheel AirBag/Horn setting off the horn at random times. Usually in the middle of the night @ -10 dF here in MinneSNOWta!!! Lol Those stupid auto belts would injure people all the time, by getting hit in the head. Long hair would often get entangled. There were several recalls. Gawd I hated those cars!!
I didn't have to start wearing seatbelts until I was a teenager. Big cars,big seats,lots of room to catch some air! I enjoy these new vlogs. Y'all need have Car Trek to replace The grand tour and Top Gear now. You,Tavarish and Ed are the closest thing to Clarkson and the boys we have now!!
I remember those automatic seatbelts... those were SOOO annoying!! Glad they gave up on that stupid "feature". But some of the others you highlighted here were absolutely hysterical. I'm shocked anyone actually thought some of these ideas would actually help make cars safer.
Here in New Zealand, we didn't get automatic seatbelts, but we used to get a lot of Japanese import cars featuring Japan's legally required annoying electronic speed alert. In the earliest models it was an actual tiny metal chime attached to the speedometer, that turned on at 80kmh (50mph) and chimed more enthusiastically as the speed increased, basically having the opposite to intended effect. You knew you were really flying when the little bell was going dingdingdingding instead of ding... ding... ding... like normal. There are always unintended consequences.
I was born in '75 - I don't think any car we owned even had basic rear seat lap belts until the mid 80's - we were just rolling around in the back free of restraints whilst Dad was sippin a beer up front.
back in the 70's I rode on the rear package shelf. We moved across country and they wedged me in amongst the fully filled up car with all our stuff. No child seats back then, and yet I survived.
I had a rental car in Denmark that had speed limit recognition. If you had the cruise set it would adjust to whatever the speed limit was. It almost caused an accident on a B road outside Esbjerg. I was cruising at 80kph and a small gravel road that led to a campground met the main road I was on. The gravel road had a 10kph limit sign and the car detected it and slammed the brakes on! Had I not known to keep my foot on the gas pedal, my brother in law would have rear-ended me.
I am finding myself in the awkward position of needing to apologize to both of you, Hoovie. When you were telling about the GM seats that vibrate to warn the driver Miss April Rose's eyes kinda glazed over and a small trickle of drool dribbled out of the right corner of her mouth, and then she replied (with a little quiver in her voice), "Oh I LIKE that one!!! MMMMM!!!!!" The fact that it took her so long to recover made it even HARDER (to concentrate on what you were saying!!! 🤪🤪🤪)
For your information Hoovie. Pedestrian protection systems have made a come back. All be it, without the airbag. They have a charge on the bonnet hinges that pushes the back of the bonnet up to divert the person over the roof and not through the windscreen, controlled by a pinch tube in the front bar support foam.
I’ve lived in “tornado alley” my whole life and have never been to a house with a tornado shelter. Most homes around here have basements and that’s usually adequate shelter for most storms. Of course when we hear tornado sirens nowadays we go outside to see it lol. It’s a Midwest thing…
Volvo's airbag for pedestrians was (on of) the first system(s) to protect pedastrians from getting hurt too bad when driven into by a car. Pedestrian safety is now mandatory in the EU and most cars have similar systems where the hood gets raised when the crash detection systems detect hitting anything in the front. "Fun fact" most SUVs and trucks in the US are now so high for no reason at all that they do not pass EU pedestrian safety and cause hundreds of "extra" pedestrians to die each year in the US compared to 20 years ago.
My Denali has the seat vibrate thing... I've gotten used to it for most things, but hate when it goes crazy for detecting something in front of me when I'm backing up. (ie, bush at hood, but I'm backing up out of the parking spot.)
I'm probably the only one, but I had a Dodge Shadow with the automatic drivers side seatbelt and I liked it. Also, I hope Volvo put the heartbeat thing in place to inform drivers they've left a kid in the car, and not that someone was hiding in their car waiting to hurt them!
The rim blow steering wheel was available for multiple years. If you want to check one out i have one in my 1973 mustang convertible and it has never beeped by itself..lol
The most hilarious part of the automatic seat belts was a lever in the center console that was meant to release the belt in an accident. If you were to lift that lever, you got a message that essentially said "DON'T DO THAT!" It didn't even say why.
The auto bright feature should be stopped immediately along with the feature on GM cars where when someone unlocks their car, the reverse lights light up so the owner can see around the back of their car while walking up to it. I’ve had so many times I thought someone was about to back up their car and felt like I had to speed up to get out of their way because it looked like they were backing up without pressing the brake pedal and not paying attention to the fact that I was passing behind them
I think the reverse lights should come on when a tail gate or trunk is opened, but not when there is nobody in back of the vehicle unless it is actively backing up.
I remember the early days of stability control when I worked for a car dealer. I was driving a demonstrator car in a somewhat spirited manner on a lovely winding road, the rear end stepped out a bit on one corner so I naturally steered into it, as anyone with half a clue would. At the same time the stability control kicked in, effectively causing a large oversteer situation. There was a moment when I thought I was heading into the trees, but my brain realised what was happening and I held the steering wheel in one position, letting the computer sort it out. The car came back to me and there was no harm done but I swore from then on, I'd never own a car with that system. I'm not condoning my spirited driving, but these systems are awful if you're a half decent driver.
3:38 I'm surprised April didn't comment on the Adler space meter. The Adler Planetarium in Chicago and Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry founded/named for Manasseh Max Adler . I thought is was Max Adler but it was invented and named after Charles Adler, Jr.
There was a transitional period where automakers could either install front air bags or automatic shoulder belts, once air bags were completely mandated, there was no longer any need for auto belts Also, Edsel had a dumb floating glass speedometer in 1958 where you could program in a speed limit and it would flash bright red whenever you exceeded it. Was meant for long highways, or when parents were lending the car to their teen-ager, assuming they wouldn't just turn it off immediately
Ford also has the coffee break alert on certain models and it goes off of how many times you crossed over a line on the highway without signaling. Auto dim lights is a goofy and failed system that I always turn off.
My sister had a Ford Tempo with the automatic shoulder belt. She didn't tell me about that when she let me borrow her car. I expected to hear a voice saying "goodbye Mr. Bond"
On the newer Mazdas there is a button on the end of the turn signal stalk that turns off the auto high beams. You can also turn it completely off in the lights section of vehicle settings. I turned mine off completely as well, I prefer to do it myself. I like the lane keep assist Mazda does though, it's subtle and not overly intrusive like others can be.
I’m still too young to know all of these “features”, but one I can definitely 100% agree with is the auto high beams. In a lot of cars is just not as advanced to turn off quickly when there’s an oncoming car lol or if on the highway & they don’t turn off driving behind a car away car. To me it’s still annoying even if a couple hundred feet away lol.
So with the automatic seatbelts...The US government mandated what were generically called "passive restraints" to be installed for front seats occupants, meaning the restraint system required no actions from the occupant to work (no need to buckle anything). Airbags were the the most common way to achieve this but several manufacturers didn't have approved airbag systems developed yet, so the automatic seatbelts were used as a stopgap to be technically in compliance until airbag systems could be engineered. Seatbelts PLUS airbags were the ideal and much safer setup, but seatbelt mandates weren't yet a thing, hence the reliance on "passive restraints". Automatic shoulder belts without a lap belt were a sketchy combination for sure but that's what they ended with since most folks wouldn't be bothered to buckle the lap belt. Except for a narrow section of car buyers, "safety" simply was not a big selling point in those days. It's been a long road to reach the level of rolling cocoons that are now the norm. It's truly incredible how bad wrecks can be that people can literally walk away from in modern cars.
I remember in the mid 90s we had the speed alert alarm in Australia. very annoying. Had a giggle when Hoovie bought up the vibrating seats, and April mentioned she like them, and her BUSH comment. Remember also the Australian Commodore (2007) had a park bench symbol come up with annoying beep every two hours to remind you to take a break
Car manufacturers keep making automobiles more distracting for the operators by adding technology. Please keep it simple so the driver can keep their eyes on the road.
I am going to add the 2020 spring loaded fuel can nozzle OSHA regulations. The regulation designed to stop spilling fuel actually is spilling more fuel. People will pay extra for older gas cans just to get around the unsafe safety feature.
Many cars in the late 1950's had speed minders the driver could preset. A buzzer would go off when the speed was exceeded. Most drivers would just set the speed minder at a speed that would rarely ever be exceeded so the buzzer wouldn't go off.
I always wondered why so many people, these days, seem to leave their main-beams on at inappropriate times and then I got a new hire-car and discovered that, in the "automatic" position, the headlights would dip automatically when the car detects another vehicle.... thus leaving lazy drivers free to dazzle other road users and think "it's not MY fault". 😕
The auto seatbelts were only done because automakers didn't want to redesign an aging platform to support airbags. They qualified as "passive restraints" and were easier and cheaper to slap into a car than redesigning the interior for airbags, and technically legal. The GM cars of this era also had those stupid seatbelts that attached to the door . As the cars product cycled out, they replaced it with airbags, There are even some cars that had airbags on the driver's side, but the auto seatbelt on the passenger side, because airbags were only mandatory on the driver's side for a period.
Both my raptor and RAV4 have asked me to take coffee breaks. The RAV has better lane assist, but the Raptors auto dimming headlights is definitely superior.
Some constructive criticism from a retired pro photographer. Your lighting could be better, on April especially. You need a fill of some kind for her left side, specifically when she's looking towards Tyler. Also, both should avoid wearing solid white or black tops/shirts/jackets, unless you want to take the time to relight the entire set. Today April's white top was coming out almost blinding.
The big 3 did intentionally put tucker out business. The 3 also pushed the us government to implement the 25 year import law. However the big 3 couldn't stop the Japanese car invasion. They did try with high tariffs on imports.
Try the country lanes in all of the UK. Generally over grown and meeting a vehicle coming from the other way means reversing to find a gateway or into the shrubs. Meeting a truck,,,,, interesting.
Seat-belt Starter Interlock - the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mandated this for all 1974 model cars in the U.S. If the front seat(s) are occupied, the seat-belts must be latched in order for the engine to start. There were two sensors involved, one in the seat and the other in the latch mechanism. A logic device tracked a rigid sequence in which when a prescribed weight was detected on the seat, the seat belt had to be latched before an interlock to the ignition switch was released.
The new Subaru outback, scans your face the whole time you’re driving and if you look down for a second or two, it starts chiming and there’s a message on the dash that says keep your eyes on the road and if you are squinting or something because of the sun, it starts chiming again with another message sayingtime for a rest with the coffee cup symbol
You did not squeeze a rim blow wheel. The inner rim had a stripe that contained the metal strips to blow the horn. The problem was the plastic that encased the metal strips would harden and not allow you to access the horn anymore.
When I was a kid in the ‘60s my dads car had an adjustable red indicator on the speedometer that you could set and when your speedometer needle got to that red line the speedometer would buzz. I don’t remember what kind of car it was but I remember thinking it was so 😎.
Automatic restraint systems were the law. They could have used airbags but they went with the auto-seat belts. It survived until they started putting in air bags on at least the driver's side. As it wasn't required by law, the passenger's air bag was optional.
The newer GM vehicles that lock the web of the belt into the seatbelt buckle are annoying. I naturally lift up out of the seat to scan the area around the car (even with a backup camera) when reversing, and those inhibit that.
Mercedes & BMW have the padestrian hood safety feature w/o the airbag. The hood pops up and absorbs the impact of the person and also direct windshield cantact.
Rim blow steering my 71 Continental had that it worked absolutely fine. I used to challenge people the way to blow the horn. It was kind of cool I think and it worked just fine.
The big three didn't conspire against Preston Tucker, his business failed because it was WAY WAY underfinanced. The Tucker 48 would have sold for about the same price as a Buick, and you got a car powered by a converted helicopter engine, with an unreliable Cord 810 pre-selector transmission.
Don’t be knocking the Tucker. Greatest, most beautiful car ever built. PTT got screwed by the government and the Big 3. The padded dash and the breakaway windshield saved the life of the driver who rolled the Tucker on the track during testing.
5 1/2 and 7 1/2 mph bumbers in 70s and 80s. Sure- track braking 1971 Ford ABS on my 1971 t-bird also had the rim blow wheel and wrap around rear seats.
Rim blow wheels were around longer than one year. Here in Oz at least they were around for 4 years and some US Mopars had them as well. However they never last well. They simply crack and fail in the sun. Seat belts? Oz cars had lap sash belts in the front from 66 on and had to have provisions for them a few years before. Retractor belts became law in around 76 and all seating provisions a couple of years later. And Oz wide wearing seat belts became law before 1970. All of which I agree with generally. As someone who has has back surgery I refuse to wear lap belts only, a friend who had a soft top Landcruiser had them only. Eventually he fitted a decent roll bar and then retractor lap sash. Ovlov. the backward safety Swede. Made all the 'safety ' things in the 60s,, but on 1 series at least were grossly undertyred even in comparison to other makes
April needs to watch Twister! You just run into the barn with all the sickels and blades and hold on to the water pipe. If you're driving into a tornado you just throw it into reverse and try to avoid all the flying cows! 😁
L.O.L.
Everyone knows that. And if you’re being chased by a serial killer you should always run upstairs to the roof.
Weirdest car safety feature - Mom's arm flying across the passenger seat to hold you in. I've heard that it's universal and happens with all mothers.
Would it work? Probably not.
I did the same when I was in a small accident with my now ex girlfriend (she was buckled up btw). Think it's a natural reaction when you truly care about someone.
That's why we rode in the back of the pickup truck.
we hit a deer when I was a young teen, mom did that to me and I did not hit the dash. Pretty sure moms have super powers in times like that. We didn't wear seatbelts back in those days.
Ontario, Canada had the most annoying safety rule for highway transport trucks that only lasted a few years. All trucks were required to have a speed governor that limited max speed at 105 km/h (65 mph). The problem that followed was that when one truck wanted to pass another truck it could take 20 or 30 kilometres to complete the pass, with hundreds of frustrated cars behind! Police stopped enforcing the rule and the next government rescinded the rule.
We are currently suffering from that in America right now
Or the dickhead you're passing could just slow down 1mph and let you get by too.
In India its also implemented but at 80km/h but it's for all commercial vehicles including cabs, trucks and buses.
My dad who was an engineer, put seatbelts in all our cars back in the day.
I had a Saab with a programmable speed alarm. I had it set at 90. My wife took it on a trip once. She came home and told me that the car kept beeping at her. She had no idea why.
H: A vibrating seat
A: I like that :D :D
H: It goes off a lot
A: ...already said I like it, you don't have to sell to me!
Up north we would call those things "ice bumpers"
I remember getting pulled over for no seatbelt in my 91 eclipse with auto belts. I demonstrated this to the cop. He didn't think it was as funny as I did.
Yep my 91 Plymouth laser Rs had them
1991 Laser Turbo. A very fun car. 190hp in a light car with a 5 speed. When that turbo hit the torque steer was wild. I miss those days. Mine was a turquoise color, never seen 1 that was the same color.
@@batsonelectronics mine was a maroon GSX 5 speed. OMG the turbo lag, but it gave you time to prepare for the impending sawing of the steering. lol
@@EGremlin In 1995 I had a 1994 corvette. I used to go to the local 1/4 mile drag strip. I raced a 1991 AWD Talon and got smoked. ( My vette ran 13.8 ) Turns out the guy had the boost turned wayyyy up. He ran a high 12 sec 1/4 mile. He beat me by 5 or 6 car lengths. I can't imagine a FWD like I had having any more boost than it did. Mine came with ZR rated tires and I could still chirp tires in 1st and second, and it was bone stock. I ended up wrecking it when I was on the boost going around a corner. The front passenger tire blew and I ended up 100 feet off the road thru trees. You can't find clean cars anymore. They are all blown up or ragged out. In my old age, now I drive a Honda Fit. very very sad.
@@batsonelectronics mine was an automatic which I heard was pretty rare. It was something I picked up for a 1k and drove around until the engine blew up. I wish I would have kept it though it was definitely fast and a blast going around turns at high speeds.
The Spaceometer thing is hilarious as the most pointless invention ever. In New Zealand, we used to have an advert on TV with Peter Brock (Americans, look him up if you don't know who he was) saying "Only a fewell breaks the tew seecond rewel!" - that's always stuck with me as it works at any speed - pick a point that the car in front of you passes, count to 2 seconds, if your car has passed that same point - you are too damn close! Back in the early 00's I had a JDM Toyota Corona that had the permanent speed chime at 110km/h - I just located it under the dash and snipped the wires.
Thanks for the story on Sammy D JR it was my 1 fact of the day for learning something new.
I’ve heard stories of Teslas locking up the brakes on highways and such because it sees a shadow or traffic cone. That’s a safety feature that although great in theory can’t afford to have issue like that.
In the 1960's kids would stand up in the front bench seat and mom's arm was the safety feature. When mom was driving she would put up her arm like a railroad crossing bar and keep you from moving forward with the inertia of the stop. Worked great for me, thank God. How did we make it this far driving in the 60's and 70's. I know... The 55 mph speed limit. Sammy Hagar fixed that for us.
70’s as well!
Yep, you always had that arm come out! Lmao. I remember that well.
The Swedes made the three point seat belt in the sixties and gave it away for free for safety.
As a Ford/Chrysler Dealership technician in the 90’s, the Jeep Grand Cherokee would shrink the vinyl of the Steering Wheel AirBag/Horn setting off the horn at random times. Usually in the middle of the night @ -10 dF here in MinneSNOWta!!! Lol
Those stupid auto belts would injure people all the time, by getting hit in the head. Long hair would often get entangled. There were several recalls. Gawd I hated those cars!!
I didn't have to start wearing seatbelts until I was a teenager. Big cars,big seats,lots of room to catch some air!
I enjoy these new vlogs. Y'all need have Car Trek to replace The grand tour and Top Gear now. You,Tavarish and Ed are the closest thing to Clarkson and the boys we have now!!
My dad would tuck the back seatbelts under the seat.
I remember those automatic seatbelts... those were SOOO annoying!! Glad they gave up on that stupid "feature". But some of the others you highlighted here were absolutely hysterical. I'm shocked anyone actually thought some of these ideas would actually help make cars safer.
My 92 Plymouth laser had them 🤣
Here in New Zealand, we didn't get automatic seatbelts, but we used to get a lot of Japanese import cars featuring Japan's legally required annoying electronic speed alert.
In the earliest models it was an actual tiny metal chime attached to the speedometer, that turned on at 80kmh (50mph) and chimed more enthusiastically as the speed increased, basically having the opposite to intended effect. You knew you were really flying when the little bell was going dingdingdingding instead of ding... ding... ding... like normal.
There are always unintended consequences.
@@theParticleGod 1st mod remove speed bell
Good morning! As a 80's baby the car safety as a kid did not exist.
You should have rode with us in the 70’s. We’d stand on the seat next to Dad driving!
And in the 60's the words car and safety were never used together.
I remember hitting the floor when dad saw a cop, only 3 seatbelts but 4 of us in the front a single cab pickup.
I was born in '75 - I don't think any car we owned even had basic rear seat lap belts until the mid 80's - we were just rolling around in the back free of restraints whilst Dad was sippin a beer up front.
back in the 70's I rode on the rear package shelf. We moved across country and they wedged me in amongst the fully filled up car with all our stuff. No child seats back then, and yet I survived.
I had a rental car in Denmark that had speed limit recognition. If you had the cruise set it would adjust to whatever the speed limit was. It almost caused an accident on a B road outside Esbjerg. I was cruising at 80kph and a small gravel road that led to a campground met the main road I was on. The gravel road had a 10kph limit sign and the car detected it and slammed the brakes on! Had I not known to keep my foot on the gas pedal, my brother in law would have rear-ended me.
The heart beat monitor is to stop children and pets being left in locked cars.
Where was the kitty?
Don't forget the 85mph speedometers that was supposed to discourage speeding...
No time travel was why they limited them to 85mph. Lol
I am finding myself in the awkward position of needing to apologize to both of you, Hoovie. When you were telling about the GM seats that vibrate to warn the driver Miss April Rose's eyes kinda glazed over and a small trickle of drool dribbled out of the right corner of her mouth, and then she replied (with a little quiver in her voice), "Oh I LIKE that one!!! MMMMM!!!!!" The fact that it took her so long to recover made it even HARDER (to concentrate on what you were saying!!! 🤪🤪🤪)
Initial D is an awesome Japanese racing anime and any time they were portrayed as speeding they would add the speed chime in the sound effects.
For your information Hoovie. Pedestrian protection systems have made a come back. All be it, without the airbag. They have a charge on the bonnet hinges that pushes the back of the bonnet up to divert the person over the roof and not through the windscreen, controlled by a pinch tube in the front bar support foam.
BMW has them in the M3 and M4 models, and probably others
Her face lit up,instantly she herd vibrating seat.😂 my kind of woman!
I’ve lived in “tornado alley” my whole life and have never been to a house with a tornado shelter. Most homes around here have basements and that’s usually adequate shelter for most storms. Of course when we hear tornado sirens nowadays we go outside to see it lol. It’s a Midwest thing…
We just use bathtubs😂
Volvo's airbag for pedestrians was (on of) the first system(s) to protect pedastrians from getting hurt too bad when driven into by a car. Pedestrian safety is now mandatory in the EU and most cars have similar systems where the hood gets raised when the crash detection systems detect hitting anything in the front. "Fun fact" most SUVs and trucks in the US are now so high for no reason at all that they do not pass EU pedestrian safety and cause hundreds of "extra" pedestrians to die each year in the US compared to 20 years ago.
My Denali has the seat vibrate thing... I've gotten used to it for most things, but hate when it goes crazy for detecting something in front of me when I'm backing up. (ie, bush at hood, but I'm backing up out of the parking spot.)
I'm probably the only one, but I had a Dodge Shadow with the automatic drivers side seatbelt and I liked it. Also, I hope Volvo put the heartbeat thing in place to inform drivers they've left a kid in the car, and not that someone was hiding in their car waiting to hurt them!
The rim blow steering wheel was available for multiple years. If you want to check one out i have one in my 1973 mustang convertible and it has never beeped by itself..lol
What city dwellers believe about rural America never ceases to amaze.
Saw my Volvo V60's key fob and instantly clicked. Didn't even not think about clicking. 😂
The most hilarious part of the automatic seat belts was a lever in the center console that was meant to release the belt in an accident. If you were to lift that lever, you got a message that essentially said "DON'T DO THAT!" It didn't even say why.
The auto bright feature should be stopped immediately along with the feature on GM cars where when someone unlocks their car, the reverse lights light up so the owner can see around the back of their car while walking up to it. I’ve had so many times I thought someone was about to back up their car and felt like I had to speed up to get out of their way because it looked like they were backing up without pressing the brake pedal and not paying attention to the fact that I was passing behind them
I think the reverse lights should come on when a tail gate or trunk is opened, but not when there is nobody in back of the vehicle unless it is actively backing up.
I remember the early days of stability control when I worked for a car dealer. I was driving a demonstrator car in a somewhat spirited manner on a lovely winding road, the rear end stepped out a bit on one corner so I naturally steered into it, as anyone with half a clue would. At the same time the stability control kicked in, effectively causing a large oversteer situation. There was a moment when I thought I was heading into the trees, but my brain realised what was happening and I held the steering wheel in one position, letting the computer sort it out. The car came back to me and there was no harm done but I swore from then on, I'd never own a car with that system. I'm not condoning my spirited driving, but these systems are awful if you're a half decent driver.
3:38 I'm surprised April didn't comment on the Adler space meter. The Adler Planetarium in Chicago and Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry founded/named for Manasseh Max Adler . I thought is was Max Adler but it was invented and named after Charles Adler, Jr.
It's called a "safe room" poured concrete walls and top. Good investment wherever there are tornadoes/hurricanes.
My 2024 Kia has the "take a break" warning too. Very annoying.
I recall buses having bumpers that looked or were water filled in the 70’s
13:05 Gulp...🤐
I assume that heart beat monitor uses microphones to sense a very specific, quiet sound of a heart beat
There was a transitional period where automakers could either install front air bags or automatic shoulder belts, once air bags were completely mandated, there was no longer any need for auto belts
Also, Edsel had a dumb floating glass speedometer in 1958 where you could program in a speed limit and it would flash bright red whenever you exceeded it. Was meant for long highways, or when parents were lending the car to their teen-ager, assuming they wouldn't just turn it off immediately
Ford also has the coffee break alert on certain models and it goes off of how many times you crossed over a line on the highway without signaling. Auto dim lights is a goofy and failed system that I always turn off.
The coffee symbol looks like a line of coke and a knife
My sister had a Ford Tempo with the automatic shoulder belt. She didn't tell me about that when she let me borrow her car. I expected to hear a voice saying "goodbye Mr. Bond"
On the newer Mazdas there is a button on the end of the turn signal stalk that turns off the auto high beams. You can also turn it completely off in the lights section of vehicle settings. I turned mine off completely as well, I prefer to do it myself. I like the lane keep assist Mazda does though, it's subtle and not overly intrusive like others can be.
I’m still too young to know all of these “features”, but one I can definitely 100% agree with is the auto high beams. In a lot of cars is just not as advanced to turn off quickly when there’s an oncoming car lol or if on the highway & they don’t turn off driving behind a car away car. To me it’s still annoying even if a couple hundred feet away lol.
So with the automatic seatbelts...The US government mandated what were generically called "passive restraints" to be installed for front seats occupants, meaning the restraint system required no actions from the occupant to work (no need to buckle anything). Airbags were the the most common way to achieve this but several manufacturers didn't have approved airbag systems developed yet, so the automatic seatbelts were used as a stopgap to be technically in compliance until airbag systems could be engineered.
Seatbelts PLUS airbags were the ideal and much safer setup, but seatbelt mandates weren't yet a thing, hence the reliance on "passive restraints". Automatic shoulder belts without a lap belt were a sketchy combination for sure but that's what they ended with since most folks wouldn't be bothered to buckle the lap belt. Except for a narrow section of car buyers, "safety" simply was not a big selling point in those days. It's been a long road to reach the level of rolling cocoons that are now the norm. It's truly incredible how bad wrecks can be that people can literally walk away from in modern cars.
Came for the cars stayed for the slow mo rim blow
I used to see Checker taxicabs with water filled bumpers.
I remember in the mid 90s we had the speed alert alarm in Australia. very annoying. Had a giggle when Hoovie bought up the vibrating seats, and April mentioned she like them, and her BUSH comment. Remember also the Australian Commodore (2007) had a park bench symbol come up with annoying beep every two hours to remind you to take a break
Car manufacturers keep making automobiles more distracting for the operators by adding technology. Please keep it simple so the driver can keep their eyes on the road.
I am going to add the 2020 spring loaded fuel can nozzle OSHA regulations. The regulation designed to stop spilling fuel actually is spilling more fuel. People will pay extra for older gas cans just to get around the unsafe safety feature.
The heart beat sensor would be a good option for people who forget their kids in the car 😮
Hoodie you need to make sure you take really good care of your lady. She is a gem🙂
Many cars in the late 1950's had speed minders the driver could preset. A buzzer would go off when the speed was exceeded. Most drivers would just set the speed minder at a speed that would rarely ever be exceeded so the buzzer wouldn't go off.
I always wondered why so many people, these days, seem to leave their main-beams on at inappropriate times and then I got a new hire-car and discovered that, in the "automatic" position, the headlights would dip automatically when the car detects another vehicle.... thus leaving lazy drivers free to dazzle other road users and think "it's not MY fault". 😕
The auto seatbelts were only done because automakers didn't want to redesign an aging platform to support airbags. They qualified as "passive restraints" and were easier and cheaper to slap into a car than redesigning the interior for airbags, and technically legal. The GM cars of this era also had those stupid seatbelts that attached to the door . As the cars product cycled out, they replaced it with airbags,
There are even some cars that had airbags on the driver's side, but the auto seatbelt on the passenger side, because airbags were only mandatory on the driver's side for a period.
What a great RUclips channel!
Both my raptor and RAV4 have asked me to take coffee breaks. The RAV has better lane assist, but the Raptors auto dimming headlights is definitely superior.
The automatic high beam in Mazdas is a button on the end of the turn signal stock.
Google 1950's Child car seats.
How did we ever survive? lol!
Some constructive criticism from a retired pro photographer. Your lighting could be better, on April especially. You need a fill of some kind for her left side, specifically when she's looking towards Tyler.
Also, both should avoid wearing solid white or black tops/shirts/jackets, unless you want to take the time to relight the entire set. Today April's white top was coming out almost blinding.
Those water bumpers sound fun......
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Also, that hood-ruining thing is now mandatory in the EU.
My buddy had a Buick Centurion that had the speed limit buzzer and the channel rare and classic cars had done videos on quirky car stuff
The big 3 did intentionally put tucker out business. The 3 also pushed the us government to implement the 25 year import law. However the big 3 couldn't stop the Japanese car invasion. They did try with high tariffs on imports.
April didn't get the Rim Blow joke...lol
April would love to try the pedestrian airbag....wasn't getting run over by a snowboarder enough? lol 😛😅
In 1956 Ford had a "deep dish" steering wheel and offered padded dash.
My 1968 Z-28 Camaro had an adjustable speed chime! So did early 60's Buick's.
If you ever go to London, England, the roads are so skinny. And the taxi drivers drive like madman.
Try the country lanes in all of the UK. Generally over grown and meeting a vehicle coming from the other way means reversing to find a gateway or into the shrubs. Meeting a truck,,,,, interesting.
The heatbeat monitor was to prevent people from accidently leaving their children in the car. It should be standard equipment.
Agree with the Mercedes coffee cup, if you could permanently turn it off it would be much better.
Seat-belt Starter Interlock - the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mandated this for all 1974 model cars in the U.S. If the front seat(s) are occupied, the seat-belts must be latched in order for the engine to start. There were two sensors involved, one in the seat and the other in the latch mechanism. A logic device tracked a rigid sequence in which when a prescribed weight was detected on the seat, the seat belt had to be latched before an interlock to the ignition switch was released.
Thats why we buckled them underneath us.
My 2015 Lexus has the Nav guide flash and bring up the total time at 2 hour increments and where the next few Gas station are in mileage.
The new Subaru outback, scans your face the whole time you’re driving and if you look down for a second or two, it starts chiming and there’s a message on the dash that says keep your eyes on the road and if you are squinting or something because of the sun, it starts chiming again with another message sayingtime for a rest with the coffee cup symbol
Adaptive cruise control is the most annoying thing I have ever seen.
You did not squeeze a rim blow wheel. The inner rim had a stripe that contained the metal strips to blow the horn. The problem was the plastic that encased the metal strips would harden and not allow you to access the horn anymore.
Endless "safety" BS. And yet Insurance prices keep climbing. NO NANNY'S!
The auto brights on my 2016 Challenger works pretty well.
A lot of Chryslers products had rim blow steering wheels.
I am surprised you didn't cover the safety car.
When I was a kid in the ‘60s my dads car had an adjustable red indicator on the speedometer that you could set and when your speedometer needle got to that red line the speedometer would buzz. I don’t remember what kind of car it was but I remember thinking it was so 😎.
10 car lengths! BOOM 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing!
I had a new 1991 Ford Escort ( rebadged Mazda 323 ) and I had no problem with the auto seatbelt.
Automatic restraint systems were the law. They could have used airbags but they went with the auto-seat belts. It survived until they started putting in air bags on at least the driver's side. As it wasn't required by law, the passenger's air bag was optional.
The newer GM vehicles that lock the web of the belt into the seatbelt buckle are annoying. I naturally lift up out of the seat to scan the area around the car (even with a backup camera) when reversing, and those inhibit that.
Mercedes & BMW have the padestrian hood safety feature w/o the airbag. The hood pops up and absorbs the impact of the person and also direct windshield cantact.
Rim blow steering my 71 Continental had that it worked absolutely fine. I used to challenge people the way to blow the horn. It was kind of cool I think and it worked just fine.
the ring horn wheel is still on my 70 Mach1. But disconnected. Guess why.....
My mothers old 73 Lincoln Mark 4 had it.
The big three didn't conspire against Preston Tucker, his business failed because it was WAY WAY underfinanced. The Tucker 48 would have sold for about the same price as a Buick, and you got a car powered by a converted helicopter engine, with an unreliable Cord 810 pre-selector transmission.
The automatic seatbelts in my 929 don’t bother me at all. I think it’s convenient.
That's the Lane departure warning, stay in your bro😂
Don’t be knocking the Tucker. Greatest, most beautiful car ever built. PTT got screwed by the government and the Big 3. The padded dash and the breakaway windshield saved the life of the driver who rolled the Tucker on the track during testing.
I get what April is saying. After watching "The Wizard of Oz" and "Twister" I just assumed that all the houses in the MidWest had storm cellars !
Here in Wichita, most have basements. Trailer parks have scary storm shelters.
Those seat belts were called "Mad Mouse" seatbelts--------Mikey
5 1/2 and 7 1/2 mph bumbers in 70s and 80s. Sure- track braking 1971 Ford ABS on my 1971 t-bird also had the rim blow wheel and wrap around rear seats.
Rim blow wheels were around longer than one year. Here in Oz at least they were around for 4 years and some US Mopars had them as well. However they never last well. They simply crack and fail in the sun.
Seat belts? Oz cars had lap sash belts in the front from 66 on and had to have provisions for them a few years before. Retractor belts became law in around 76 and all seating provisions a couple of years later. And Oz wide wearing seat belts became law before 1970. All of which I agree with generally. As someone who has has back surgery I refuse to wear lap belts only, a friend who had a soft top Landcruiser had them only. Eventually he fitted a decent roll bar and then retractor lap sash.
Ovlov. the backward safety Swede. Made all the 'safety ' things in the 60s,, but on 1 series at least were grossly undertyred even in comparison to other makes
WORSE “safety” feature is the 🔴Push to Start button in cars.
You can only turn on and off an engine IN PARK, and under 6 mph by holding it forever.
She got a million $$ and 200 gallons of ice cream 😁
Water bumper in sub zero temp is a strange idea....