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Why not mount one in the center of the dash with one of those pull-apart clips? And another one on the back of the front seat, accessible to those in the back seat? Unless the car is redesigned in the accident so the dash is in the back seat, a backseat passenger who can't unfasten their seatbelt won't be able to reach the front of the car.

And, although these things work fine in water, they work just as well when the car is on fire. Redundancy in fire-starting equipment becomes a moot point if you are the BBQ-to-be due to lack of redundancy in escape equipment.

Even a kid could use a ResQMe if they knew what it was for and how to use it. You can always get a chunk of seatbelt material for practicing from a wrecking yard.

Sue