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That and killing people
Boooo, nerd.
How do bench seats kill people?
Distractions from all the cute girls and good dogs probably.
They often didn't have head rests, so whiplash. They also came from a time when shoulder belts weren't common and seat belts in general were more of a suggestion.
And then there were the days when parents would stuff too many kids into the front of a single cab with a bench seat and put us 2 to a seat belt, and / or one kid on the lap of the driver. But those were also the days of the rear facing seat in the station wagon. I also remember my scout leader packing a group of us into the bed of a pickup, shit was scary but so much fun.
Some do, but at least with my 01 Toyota Tacoma it has a bench seat with headrests and full seat belts, though I guess any hypothetical poor bastard who gets the middle bitch seat is fucked.
They’re much more unsafe than bucket seats. Someone up above in the thread details it more.