Corvette wants your kids in the backseat!

Thanks to standardizing the airbag warning sticker for all vehicles, the Corvette in the following video says that children are indeed safest in the backseat. The problem is that a Corvette doesn't have a backseat, only a trunk; and not much of a trunk at that. So where are children suppose to sit in a Corvette? Logic would tell us that kids have no place in a Corvette until they are of legal height, weight, and age requirement to not use a booster seat. Logic is a varied opinion of the individual, but the law is the law. When it comes to having children in an automobile, the Florida law doesn't take a particular stance on whether children should be in the front or backseat.


According to Florida statute 316.613, 1(a) as of 2009: "Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined herein, while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, shall, if the child is 5 years of age or younger, provide for protection of the child by properly using a crash-tested, federally approved child restraint device. For children aged through 3 years, such restraint device must be a separate carrier or a vehicle manufacturer's integrated child seat. For children aged 4 through 5 years, a separate carrier, an integrated child seat, or a seat belt may be used. " - Leg.State.FL.us

Trucks, roadsters, and other two seat vehicles that do not have a backseat are commonly used to transport children. It's up to the parents to decide whether or not it is safe, as the law takes no official stance on declaring exact location in the vehicle children should be seated. Common sense tells me, kids belong in the backseat. According to PhysOrg.com, the middle of the backseat although uncomfortable is indeed the safest position in the vehicle. So where do we put kids in the Corvette? In my opinion, I wouldn't put my child in a roadster or regular cab pickup until he or she was of legal requirement to not use a child approved restraint based on the quote below.

"NHTSA estimates that during 1990-2008, more than 290 deaths were attributable to frontal airbag inflation in low-speed crashes. Nearly 90 percent of the deaths occurred in vehicles manufactured before 1998, and approximately 68 percent were passengers. More than 90 percent of the passenger deaths were children and infants, most of whom were unbelted or in rear-facing child safety seats that placed their heads close to the deploying airbag."- IIHS.org

Video content: Corvette fail, children in the backseat?


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Source: Tampa Sports Car Examiner