[Chemist_Geek]

Could this have been prevented by having the kid in the front seat?

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! But, you know, heaven forbid that children be carried in the front seat; they might be decapitated by the government mandated airbags deploying...

[mewzilla]

Children are, and always have been, safer when travelling in the back seat of a vehicle. Even before airbags. Idiots who leave their children to die a horrible death in a hot car notwithstanding.