Thanks for the link. That is a devastating article. My heart really hurts for those people. I really think putting those car seats backwards is just an awful idea. We drove my grandson when his seat was like that and it made me nuts not being able to keep an eye on him, literally.
And yes, when they are very little you’d never know they were there with the seat backwards. I can see the point of having the child in the backseat, but the car seat should be facing forward.
The answer to the problem, Fennell believes, lies in improved car safety features and in increased public awareness that this can happen, that the results of a momentary lapse of memory can be horrifying.
What is the worst case she knows of?
“I don’t really like to . . .” she says.
She looks away. She won’t hold eye contact for this.
“The child pulled all her hair out before she died.”