[rightbyte]

What was the reasoning behind that. In the front seats you could fly out the window? But not in the rear seats?

[cafard]

I imagine people thought that the back of the front seat would stop the rear-seat passengers. You should also remember that dashboards were every hard, and that windshield glass would rip you to shreds.

[mongol]

You can also fly out of the window, but especially you will hurt whoever is in front of you. See for example https://youtu.be/9_Af8w2SAT4