# Front seat child dangers BESIDES airbags? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 12, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384 "2000-05-12T22:49:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/21 "2000-05-15T05:51:26Z")
David B wrote: > [@](#): > > Well, we didn’t trade in the Tracer – it’s my car now. Much as I appreciate your not trading me in, you should know that I’m nobody’s car but my own. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/22 "2000-05-15T06:08:43Z")
Tracer, I thought you said you’d be _my_ car! ::sniff:: Now I’m hurt… ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/23 "2000-05-15T12:03:59Z")
Wasn’t there a TV show about that? “My Tracer, the car.” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/24 "2000-05-15T17:19:22Z")
I’m surprised to see nobody has mentioned the biggest danger of all–fast food driveup windows. If a child is in the front seat of a car, his life can be in danger if the driver is trying to give the order to the Taco Bell loudspeaker, while at the same time the child is hollering to it, "…and three soft tacos! AND THREE SOFT TACOS! DON’T FORGET, _THREE SOFT TACOS!!"_ I’m seriously thinking of instigating a new family rule that says, “Whenever we go through the Taco Bell driveup, everybody, INCLUDING the Better Half (!) has to give the Driver their orders and then go crouch sullenly in the way-back with the spare tire and the jug of windshield washer fluid.” ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/25 "2000-05-15T20:18:55Z")
Kinda makes me grateful I don’t like Mexican fast-food. And Spoofe, don’t be ridiculous. You _know_ what a prick-tease us cars are! Let’s just be friends. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/26 "2000-05-15T23:54:06Z")
Oh, all right. I suppose I can always rely on public transportation… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384/27 "2000-05-16T05:55:28Z")
Danielinthewolvesden: Your post really confused me. I kept reading the first paragraph over and over again, trying to make sense of it. Finally I read the rest of it, at which point I realized that you were talking about two different incidents. Or at least I thibk you were. It’s not quite clear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-seat-child-dangers-besides-airbags/19384.md?page=1)