Washington Injury Law Blog

The seat everyone avoids turns out is the safest seat in the car. The uncomfortable backseat hump otherwise known as the back middle seat has been shown by University of Buffalo researchers to be 16% safer than any other seats in a car. Who knew? Overall, riding in the back is 59% to 86% safer than riding in the front, and riding on the hump is 25% safer than riding in rear window seats. Wow!!

Those of you with kids, this just reinforces the idea that children should ride in the backseat. Especially in cars with front passenger airbags. Airbags can be very dangerous for small people, be it children or small adults. Do you know what your car manual recommends for front seat passenger in regards to the airbag. Newer cars often have a sensor in the front passenger seat that turns off the airbag if the passenger is not a certain weight. Older cars may not have this sensor, so you might want check this before you have small children ride in the front seat.

 Safe travels,

 Max Meyers, Esq.