I can't really help on the specific question asked, but I do notice that when my son is FF in an outboard position, he can't see a darn thing except the back of the seat in front of him - so *if* people believe their children can't see anything while RF, you could tell them turning the kids around isn't really going to improve the situation. :shrug-shoulders: :twocents:
(*I* can't see anything either when sitting outboard.
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:yeahthat: Get an adult to sit in the rear seat sitting forward facing. All you see, is the seat in front of you, unless you're really tall and can see OVER the seat in front of you (which a child won't be able to do). I hate sitting in the rear seat because I can't see anything! Sure, you can look out the side window, but you can look out the side window rear-facing as well, the ability to see out the side doesn't change. In fact, the side view is BETTER because a child can see something the entire time you drive away from it. Forward-facing, things just fly by and if they want to keep looking at it, they would have to crane their neck around the side of the seat and try to view the thing for a little while longer. Additionally for rear-facing, they can see out the back window in many vehicles. So, again, a better view than when forward-facing. Forward-facing in the centre does allow a child to see out the front window, but the side is view still has things flying by unlike rear-facing.
Hopefully someone can get you some pics, but it seems to me that the parents who believe this are just looking for excuses to forward-face their kids, because it shouldn't take pictures to prove it to them. Even a teensy bit of thought and logic prevailing makes it pretty easy to see that the view rear-facing isn't hindered.