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Yes, they should. I am not sure a good reason why not, unless someone feels there is an issue with the airbags. In most late model vehicles, airbags turn on and off based on a weight sensor in the seat. Therefore, this should no longer be a problem.
Shit! When I was kid, we rode in the front seat. Most of the cars didn't even have seatbelts in them. Mom was pretty quick to hold her arm out if she had to stop real fast.
If you crashed into something, your mom would never have a chance to hold you in your seat.
You become really heavy when you are moving, the faster you move, the more you weigh. So if you fly out through a window of a car when it crashes, you probably will weigh over 200 pounds - even if you are a little kid.
So your mother would never have been able to hold you back, at the weight of over 200 pounds.
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It isn't about what age you are - it is about how high you are.
In the frontseat of a car, there is an airbag. If you crash, the airbag reacts and .. you know what airbags do.
The airbag can prevent damages that could happen. But let's take a little 9 year old girl. If the airbag goes on, she can choke in the airbag, since she isn't high enough. Her head will not be higher than the airbag, so she will probably choke. This can result death or serious damages.
Some say, that you have to be at least 140 cm tall to sit in the frontseat, and some say taller.
I think they could sit in front, if you turn the airbag of.
There is a reason why children aren't alllowed to sit in front, you don't think rules like that are there just annoy us do you?
The old cars don't have airbag, are probably unsafe on several other areas. But like I said in my argument, if there is none, or if it's turned of - the child has no reason to not sit in the front.
Although when I have children in my car, I want them to sit in the back, because it is a lot more safer to sit there. I know that there are exceptions.
And how do you turn off airbags
I actually don't know. I've never done it myself, and to be honest I don't really know if you actually can do it.
There is a reason why children aren't alllowed to sit in front, you don't think rules like that are there just annoy us do you?
What's the reason?
The old cars don't have airbag, are probably unsafe on several other areas. But like I said in my argument, if there is none, or if it's turned of - the child has no reason to not sit in the front.
So are you against elementary school students sitting at the front?
Although when I have children in my car, I want them to sit in the back, because it is a lot more safer to sit there. I know that there are exceptions.
How do you know that it is safer at the back? If the car is involved in an accident then the seat may jerk back and crush the child immediately?
I actually don't know. I've never done it myself, and to be honest I don't really know if you actually can do it.
So are you against elementary school students sitting at the front?
No, I am against children who are too small to sit in front, sitting in the front.
How do you know that it is safer at the back? If the car is involved in an accident then the seat may jerk back and crush the child immediately?
If I may quote myself: Although when I have children in my car, I want them to sit in the back, because it is a lot more safer to sit there. I know that there are exceptions.
If you read the last 6 words of that little thing, you'd see, that I know there are exceptions.
Then why did you say it could be turned off?
Because everything that can be turned on, can also be turned of.
Then they are in greater danger of being injured if they are in an accident, than if they sat in the back. Of course, if they sit in the back, they are still in danger, but the danger increases if they sit in the front.
I should make a debate about this instead
You asked for sources.
And isn't this a debate about that ? I mean, the headline is 'Should elementary school students be allowed to ride in the front seat of a car' - I am now showing why I don't think so.
you mean they may not be true
Yes, I haven't done any research on whether it is true or not.
But like I said, the top 10 hits in that google search I made all said the same - the child is safer in the back.
Ask all traffic experts, they will all say the same.
Bombs? and that small machine in front of the exercise bike.
Then they are in greater danger of being injured if they are in an accident, than if they sat in the back. Of course, if they sit in the back, they are still in danger, but the danger increases if they sit in the front.
what if they hid under the chair or in front of it instead? at the front? I don't think there is any problem sitting at the front. Although there is danger, it is still okay to sit at the front
I mean, the headline is 'Should elementary school students be allowed to ride in the front seat of a car'
There is a difference. this is about whether they should sit at the front. The other debate is about whether it is safer at the front or the back.
Ask all traffic experts, they will all say the same.
anyway who said those people are stupid? Maybe they have a lack of knowledge. Its their own opinion
If they're opinion is, that children are safer in the back despite what tests and facts sais and traffic experts say, then I would allow myself to call them stupid.
BUT, you I wouldn't call a person who says that children should be allowed to sit in front, stupid.
If he thinks the child is safer there, then he is stupid.
If he just thinks it should be allowed for them to sit there, then he is not stupid (maybe he is, but not in that area .. if you understand ? )
I don't understand the first line you wrote, sorry.
I don't think they should be allowed to ride in the front of a car because if you can get into a car accident you could probably kill the kid because of the impact of the car accident plus the airbag.
When I was little I didn't sit there until I was 12.
From my point of view, they should not! For security of children`s life sitting in front of car for elementary school student it must be banned. It is very dangerous. Yes, there is an airbag, but you never know what will happen. What if airbag will not work. Even airbag work, it can damage children. And as you know in carcrash people who sit in front is almost have worse injure
