Should passenger seats be reversed ?

[Macca]

I know loads of people who won't go on planes. A few who won't go on boats. They will all go on trains and in cars though. Statistically they are the two worst I think.

Then again I knew two blokes who were killed just standing having a conversation 20 feet back from the road. Some young lunatic burning along the straight stretch lost control, went though a concrete bollard and hit them dead on.

When your number's up...

[mikeyb]

The reason they have backward facing seats on planes is they can seat more people in that configuration as the seats take up less room as the top half of your body isn't directly adjacent to the next person but your legs are so less seat width.

[Macca]

You meant forward facing? Or trains? Must be one or the other.

[Macca]

I don't see any difference in how much space there is. Assuming a uniform shaped passenger cabin you can get just as many in facing either way. Or am I missing something ?

[struth]

Here's what happens when a plane hits something at 500mph. Being tightly belted into your seat seems rather superfluous really!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZjhxuhTmGk

maybe an airbag would have helped