I doubt there was any legislation aimed directly at knock-offs but rather at
projecting hood ornaments, bumper overriders, etc. etc. that must certainly
have been quite pedestrian-unfriendly. Remember the bumper on the mid-50's
Caddys? They resembled Jayne Mansfield's chest and would probably have been
pretty devastating, as no doubt she would have been in a close-quarter
collision.
Best--Michael Oritt
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In a message dated 12/14/2005 2:18:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, N5572B writes:
In a message dated 12/13/05 6:14:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, ynotink@msn.com
writes:
As I recall the reason for the ban was the theory that the wings of the
spinners would inflict damage on pedestrians who might come in contact with
them. This goes along with banning certain types of decorative protrusions and
hood ornaments on newer cars.
I think that was the reasoning behind the ban...I would like to see the data
to support that supposition. Just how many peds were injured by eared knock
on spinners???
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