The Car Safety Scoop

[Mayhem]

This footage from 1939 shows two Sheffield based engineers demonstrating a new scooping invention for the front of your car that potentially staves off injury to pedestrians if you were to hit them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyEIaRw010

[SassyStitcher]

This footage from 1939 shows two Sheffield based engineers demonstrating a new scooping invention for the front of your car that potentially staves off injury to pedestrians if you were to hit them.

I can totally imagine people strapping their kids to this thing. LOLOL 

[Squid]

So weird but it's nice to know they had pedestrian safety in mind!  

[Mayhem]

I'd like to know how many people were getting run over back in the day, where they figured there was a market for this ...

[snowflower]

Not sure about back in the day, but I'd say it's needed more now. lol