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Mystery Object #26: Anti-Seat Belt Device

February 26, 2019 by Museum Fatigue

Every strategy of control has a tactic of resistance. While going through some photos this afternoon I was reminded of this fact by a photo I took of this little ingenious device that I saw in Nanjing last year. It is an “anti-seat belt device”—a buckle-shaped slug with a cute plastic bear head that inserts into the front seatbelt buckle to fool the car’s seatbelt warning signal. I’ve seen a few of these from time-to-time, but always forget to take […]

Categories: Hacking, Mystery Objects • Tags: automobile, everyday resistance, seat belt, tactics and strategies

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Good Luck With Your New Car in Shenyang

June 19, 2013 by Museum Fatigue

During a few days in Shenyang I noticed a number of cars that had little pieces of red cloth tied on their tires. Actually, once I noticed the pieces of cloth I started seeing them everywhere. A local acquaintance explained to me that it was a local custom to tie a piece of red cloth in this way on the tires of new cars—to bring the driver of the car good luck. Often the cloth was then left on the […]

Categories: China, Everyday Things, Material Culture • Tags: automobile, local custom, red cloth, Shenyang, tires, 沈阳

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