2b,
So very true.
When I was a tiny young stud (3, 4) I sometimes travelled laying across the front benchseat with my head in mommy's lap.
A little older, I rode with my back against the passenger door, facing my mother. Til the door gave one day and I landed in the road on my back. Not long after I took the dashboard taste test in a little fender bender.
Through it all seat belt use was unknown.
Or, of course, sleeping in the back of the station wagon.
Hey, Me too!
My little brother did this! He (at 3yo) was leaning against the door handle when my mom went around a corner. Luckily my sister was in the back seat and saw him go out!
Meanwhile, Britney needs some parenting classes.