Then a beat-up car lurched into sight towing an even more beat-up car. As the cars came near, I saw that they were connected back to front by a loop made of two seat belts buckled to each other. That was the only time I ever saw a Russian use a seat belt for any purpose at all. Ian Frazier
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In this quote from Vladimir Nabokov's novel, Lolita, American writer Humbert Humbert is describing a car accident in which a Russian couple has been killed. In the midst of his horror at the accident, Humbert describes the scene as a sort of macabre motor race, "Then a beat-up car lurched into sight towing an even more beat-up car. As the cars came near, I saw that they were connected back to front by a loop made of two seat belts buckled to each other." The couple was wearing seatbelts but not buckling them together. Thus, after the impact, they were both ejected from the car and killed as they flew through the air.

Source: Travels In Siberia

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