But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.

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      Good question. In the 70s seatbelts weren’t standardized yet. They weren’t all like the simple click ones we have today.

      You would be correct, modern ones you can connect one handed.

      • Oh and I forgot to mention, they also didn’t auto-tighten. So you had to tighen them by hand.
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        3 days ago

        That only requires one hand.

        Source: was driving back then, used a seat belt and had a broken arm.

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      5 days ago

      Yea I don’t get it either. I don’t use two arms to put on a seatbelt…