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Bring_Back_Shantz · 10-03-2005, 02:58 PM

nfotiu,
You want a specific reason it is safer in a backseat than the passenger seat other than the airbag?

Simple, distance from impact. If a child seat is in the back (preferably in the middle), no matter where the car is struck, the car hitting you must penetrate a few feet into the car befor it hits the kid in the seat. If the kid is in the front seat, any head on collision, or one on the front passenger quarter of the car has a pretty good chance of impacting directly with the seat, hence a lot more dangerous.

Just this weekend, a friend of mine got hit making a left turn (one of the most common maneuvers being made while being struck, and also one that usually results in a passenger side door impact) and they got hit on the front quarter panel, his girfriend was riding shotgun, and luckily was alright but if the car had hit just a foot or two to the left she likely could have been badly injured. Had she been in the middle of the backseat, a close call could have been changed into a "lucky you were in the backseat" Same applies to a baby seat.

10-03-2005, 02:58 PM	#21
Bring_Back_Shantz Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome! Exp:	nfotiu, You want a specific reason it is safer in a backseat than the passenger seat other than the airbag? Simple, distance from impact. If a child seat is in the back (preferably in the middle), no matter where the car is struck, the car hitting you must penetrate a few feet into the car befor it hits the kid in the seat. If the kid is in the front seat, any head on collision, or one on the front passenger quarter of the car has a pretty good chance of impacting directly with the seat, hence a lot more dangerous. Just this weekend, a friend of mine got hit making a left turn (one of the most common maneuvers being made while being struck, and also one that usually results in a passenger side door impact) and they got hit on the front quarter panel, his girfriend was riding shotgun, and luckily was alright but if the car had hit just a foot or two to the left she likely could have been badly injured. Had she been in the middle of the backseat, a close call could have been changed into a "lucky you were in the backseat" Same applies to a baby seat. __________________ THE SHANTZ WILL RISE AGAIN. <-----Check the Badge bitches. You want some Awesome, you come to me!