It may be harder to see where you're going back there, but it's definitely safer.
Experts tell parents that their children are safer in the backseat where there are no airbags.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 4,230 people are alive today because of their airbags. Airbags are designed to explode out of dashboards and side panels of the car to protect the driver and front seat passenger from slamming into the windshield or dashboard in a collision. But older model airbags can open at speeds up to 200 miles per hour, equal to the force of a heavyweight knockout punch. That punch has proved fatal to some children and small adults. Dr. Tyler Kress at UT Knoxville has been researching airbags for a long time.