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No Rear Seats / Baby Seat Question

by: bobajob on

If you have a 2 seater car, can you put a 3 year old in a car seat in the front?

Obviosuly disabling the airbags, and I understand about the safety implications


but what is the legaility on it


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by: CliffClaven on

I'm pretty sure that is perfectly legal.


I own a Miata 2-seater which is equipped with a switch to disable the passenger airbag. My kids are older now, but when they needed to use a baby/booster seat, I would install it and switch off the airbag. Never had a problem.


What other choice do you have, anyways? Stick 'em in the trunk...?

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by: bobajob on

thanks cliff,


LOLZ in the trunk, nah I'd stuff my wife in the trunk and keep baby in the front; she's cuter and the "pullability" factor is greator


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CliffClaven wrote:I'm pretty sure that is perfectly legal.


I own a Miata 2-seater which is equipped with a switch to disable the passenger airbag. My kids are older now, but when they needed to use a baby/booster seat, I would install it and switch off the airbag. Never had a problem.


What other choice do you have, anyways? Stick 'em in the trunk...?

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by: bend on

As far as I know, it's perfectly legal to have a child in the front seat of a car with these stipulations:


- The front airbag must be disabled. Some newer vehicles will do this automatically with sensors in the seat that detect the small weight.

- They're still using the appropriate booster seat.

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