Friday was the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the compulsory use of front seat belts in cars in the UK.
But 2.3 million drivers don't always use their belt - only 70% of adults always "belt up in the back"!
It's estimated 60,000 deaths and 670,000 serious injuries have been avoided in those 25 years. 25 years?
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And on Wednesday it will be the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.
23 of the 44 on board BEA Flight 609 died on February 6th.
The dead included footballers with an average age of 24: Roger Byrne - the captain, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, Eddie Colman, Tommy Taylor, Liam Whelan, David Pegg and Geoff Bent. 50 years?
I can remember my dad's Daily Express propped open on the kitchen table and his disbelief of what had happened.
Who I now know to be Harry Gregg's account of his rescue attempts rang in our ears. 50 years!
I can recall in the early 60's being brought into the hall at primary school to listen to strange noises coming out of the loudspeaker.
We've (sic) put a man in space, the head master told his enthralled charges.
I drove past that school with my son not too long ago.
"There's my old primary school, it's a hundred years old next year", I announced.
"How'd you know?" I was asked. "Because I was there in 1959 when we celebrated the Golden Jubilee!" 50 years? A century?
1926 will always be the year of the General Strike as well as the year our Queen and my mum was born.
1963 will always be JFK assassination year.
1966 will always be World Cup year.
1969 is Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's year. Poor old Michael Collins.
We, of course, have great family memorable key "landmark" years as we all probably have.
What year or event sticks out in your recollection? Is it a good or sad memory?
What things more recent will we see as significant in the future?
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