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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

Can you explain the cloak-killing cars a bit further?

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Sure. Cloaks are not fun to use in a car. Basically they’re just too much cloth in too little space. They get stuck in the door when you close it, tangled in the seatbelt when you exit, and they sit either under you in a big lump or wrapped around onto your lap in a big pile. And without a lot of effort to arrange them properly they go under the seatbelt and loosen the fit a lot which is fairly unsafe.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Seat belts didn't begin to become standard until 1958. And they were commonly unused until the 1990s.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Great, they still get caught in the door and get in the way, even without seat belts.

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Why did cars kill the cloak and not carriages?

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

My guess: Carriages were less common, and many designs of horse-drawn vehicle were open or semi-open.

[-] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

SCA member and regular cloak wearer can confirm- this is truth.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

But people drove in horse carriages before cars.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Far fewer by percent and absolute numbers than drive cars today.

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