I'm not against airbags, but I am against nanny-state legislators and people who aren't content with just minding their own business but who PRESUME to tell me that they know better what's in my self-interest. If I was a parent, I'd ignore the baby-in-the-backseat laws and make up my own rules. I'd rather pay a fine and have a live baby, than follow the law and risk forgetting the kid in the back seat or causing an accident because of trying to keep an eye on the seat behind me instead of the road in front of me. Screw the nanny state.
I do the same thing! And I’m only 5’ - 119 lbs.
One of my former coworkers had a petite girlfriend. He told me if I was ever in a situation where a collision was imminent and there was no way to avoid it to cross my arms in front of me. I don’t know if this would help but it seems to make sense.
Lastly, isn’t it amazing how many of us Boomers survived driving in cars without carseats?! Of course, I do think people were better drivers back then and the cars were built like tanks too. My mom had a really cool red Chevy convertible - how I wish I could get that car back now - and we rode in it with (OMG) “no seat belts” or “air bags” of any kind and the speed limit was 75 MPH on the highway back then.