What is the seat beside the driver called?

It is known as the front passenger seater.

Why is it called shotgun in a car?

In the Wild West era of US history, a “shotgun guard” used to ride alongside a stagecoach driver as his protection, keeping a keen eye out for bandits and highwaymen. When we call “shotgun” to secure the front seat, it’s a reference to that once-vital job.

What is the weight limit for a rear-facing car seat?

Each car seat has its own height and weight limits for rear-facing children. Most convertible seats allow children to sit rear-facing up to 35, 40 or 50 pounds. The height limit for most rear-facing car seats is that there must be at least 1 inch of room between the top of the child’s head and the top of the car seat.

Why does my girlfriend sit in the back of the car?

1) The front seat is more dangerous. So for safety reasons, she sits in the back. 2) When people are being chauffeured around they generally sit in the back seat. Maybe she likes this feeling. 3) Backseat drivers are actually much more vocal if allowed to sit in the front seat.

Is the backseat of a car more dangerous than the front?

In car crashes, backseat can be more dangerous than the front. It remains the conventional wisdom that sitting in the back of a vehicle is safer than sitting in the front, especially for passengers in the “death seat,” as the spot next to the driver used to be called.

Is tilting back the front seat dangerous?

The dangers of tilting back the front seat—don’t do it! A couple of weeks ago, I was sleeping in the front passenger seat of our car when it slammed into the vehicle in front of us. We were on the highway coming home from a family trip. The other three people in our car weren’t hurt.

What happened to the 7 year old in the front seat?

One of the accidents the NTSB looked at was a head-on collision that killed a 7-year-old who’d been asleep in the front. “The researchers concluded that the child would not have been killed if his seat had been upright,” according to this article in the journal Trial.