In my country is forbidden for kids under 14 to stay in the front seat even if an adult hold them...maybe people don't know that the airbag -right front seat- can suffocate the small kid (in case of accident or another type of shock) and it can be switched off...not to mention that even in back seats the kids should wear the belt, true! It has to be a campaign / a special chapter in Traffic Law for prevention in traffic! I remember that in Al Rayah Driving Schhol they told me"keep the distance while driving in order to see the back wheels of the front car" so a kind of 3-5m. between, isn't it?