[Dems_R_Losers]

If the Safety Nazis had not required airbags and forced parents into putting infants in the back seat, parents would not ferget they were in the car. I would be willing to bet that fewer than 26 babies ever died from being in the front seat of a car before airbags were required. When I had my first child I would often put him in the front seat for short trips. I never forgot about him!

[Joe 6-pack]

"I would be willing to bet that fewer than 26 babies ever died from being in the front seat of a car before airbags were required."

But...but that was before global warming so car interiors stayed cooler back then!

[netmilsmom]

We disabled the airbag and put the baby in the front seat.

I did my first trip with my four day old baby moving from Cleveland to Detroit. She started to cough and I nearly took out two cars on the turnpike trying to get to the side of the road to get her. Never again. Both my girls rode right next to me until they were old enough for a booster seat in the back.

[lepton]

If the Safety Nazis had not required airbags and forced parents into putting infants in the back seat, parents would not ferget they were in the car. I would be willing to bet that fewer than 26 babies ever died from being in the front seat of a car before airbags were required. When I had my first child I would often put him in the front seat for short trips. I never forgot about him!

There was an article a couple of months ago that showed that the year putting children in car seats in the back became mandatory, the annual number of these deaths tripled, and stayed at the same rate year after year since.

So yes, it appears that about 2/3 of the time, this happens because the child is out of sight and people just forget.

[Balding_Eagle]

Thank you.