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Increase premiums for hospitalization of driver injured while not wearing seat belt, reader suggests in accompanying letter. Every passenger should have right to use his belt or not, says another
Increase premiums for hospitalization of driver injured while not wearing seat belt, reader suggests in accompanying letter. Every passenger should have right to use his belt or not, says another

Increase premiums for hospitalization of driver injured while not wearing seat belt, reader suggests in accompanying letter. Every passenger should have right to use his belt or not, says another

Date7/11/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Increase premiums for hospitalization of driver injured while not wearing seat belt; reader suggests in accompanying letter. Every passenger should have right to use his belt or not; says another.
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Object NumberTSPA_0000054F
Tether required: In addition to using a seat belt to hold down child s safety car seat, strap at rear of the child s seat now must be attached to the car frame to meet safety standards
Tether required: In addition to using a seat belt to hold down child s safety car seat, strap at rear of the child s seat now must be attached to the car frame to meet safety standards
5/11/1983
Proposed legislation by the provincial government to make use of seat belts mandatory sounds like Big Brother dictatorship, writes Thomas White. Such a move has no place in a free society
Proposed legislation by the provincial government to make use of seat belts mandatory sounds like Big Brother dictatorship, writes Thomas White. Such a move has no place in a free society
2/22/1973
New system: In the interests of school-bus safety, entrepreneur Gary Barwick has developed a lap belt that has a strap over each shoulder
New system: In the interests of school-bus safety, entrepreneur Gary Barwick has developed a lap belt that has a strap over each shoulder
9/9/1985
George Ham of the Ontario Safety League surveys some of the child car seats and restraints that the league recommends for use by Canadians. The doll on the right is wearing a safety harness
George Ham of the Ontario Safety League surveys some of the child car seats and restraints that the league recommends for use by Canadians. The doll on the right is wearing a safety harness
2/25/1971
David Moorhouse, 2, looks on with interest as Judy Thomson of the Ontario Safety League straps him into a car safety seat. The seat, made in Montreal (...)
David Moorhouse, 2, looks on with interest as Judy Thomson of the Ontario Safety League straps him into a car safety seat. The seat, made in Montreal (...)
11/26/1970
The safety air bag (left) inflates in a fraction of a second to protect a passenger in severe head-on collisions
The safety air bag (left) inflates in a fraction of a second to protect a passenger in severe head-on collisions
n.d.
Firemen pulling crash victim from the back of a a Finch and Downtown subway car.
Passenger with a simulated head wound is taken from a tour-car train on the Spadina subway line during a mock emergency
18 October 1981
Wrecked car placed outside North York municipal offices in Attorney General Roy McMurtry's campaign against drinking drivers is all right, but the sig(...)
Wrecked car placed outside North York municipal offices in Attorney General Roy McMurtry's campaign against drinking drivers is all right, but the sig(...)
12/30/1975
Big-Brimmed hat is hazardous for the driver because it blocks side vision
Big-Brimmed hat is hazardous for the driver because it blocks side vision
7/18/1974
Michele Hollingworth demonstrates how long, blowing hair can block a driver's vision
Michele Hollingworth demonstrates how long, blowing hair can block a driver's vision
6/8/1966
Traffic officer Russ Little instructs a young driver in the correct way of making a right hand turn
Traffic officer Russ Little instructs a young driver in the correct way of making a right hand turn
5/2/1963
Letter to parents, 1929 : protect your children from accidents
Letter to parents, 1929 : protect your children from accidents
1929