As he said, it was over twenty years ago. Car seats are a really
recent requirement / invention. When I grew up in the 50s/60s, there
were few seatbelts. Not even required in cars until about 1964, IIRC.
And most of the time, kids romped all over the car on long trips...
even laying in the rear window deck (a popular spot . Yes, we
should've all been killed, but we weren't

Kev