New rules for children travelling in cars in UK?
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I have a child under 12, but as he is taller than 135cm he isnt required by law to use a booster cushion. The new rules seemed to have a lot of people confused, but quite simply if they are under 12 AND under the height limit they need a booster seat, if they are taller than 135cm they dont despite their age.
Responsible parents do seem to have checked out where they stand.
cool.
only came into force last night.
is it in effect now ,my husband read a very small article in the paper the other day ,not really making us aware, i've seen nothing else telling us of this new rule.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,.
Walk to school if you can (sorry, the environmentalist in me popped out just then).
The booster seat law is there for the safety of everones children. However, does it really need to be a law? Surely common sense is enough for a parent to decide when their child is tall/old enough to not require a booster seat!
Strap the little BBBBB s in , else you're breaking the law
It is a good idea that all kids under a certain height must be in a child seat but they have not made the new law very clear i think you get points on your license if caught with a child in your car and no child safety seat
It's about time it was made law. Too many times I've seen children jumping around in cars or simply not strapped in.
Do we really think so little of our kids that we have allowed this.
Isn't sad that we need to have the threat of a fine to make us keep our children as safe as we can.
I don't think there will be enough done about it, there are far too many people I see with young children not even strapped in with a normal seat belt let alone the correct child seat!
It's been in a lot of the shops but I know people who haven't even bothered to read the notices, I know a mother of 6 with another on the way who didn't know about it. It's even been in the Argos catalogue.
I think they should put more emphasis on the fact that it should be done on height and weight rather than age because it has been calculated that under a certain height and weight the child is safer in a specialised restraint.
My parents bought a booster seat for me when they were a fairly new thing out and it also made car travel so much nicer for me because I was more comfortable and I could see out better(it helped a little with my travel sickness too).
I don't understand what all the fuss is about! Of course car set regulations are a good idea (and no, some people are not sensible enough to do it on their own without it being the law - do you know how often I see babies on parent's laps and older kids totally unrestrained in the back of a car??). I heard about this months ago. And as I knew I would be doing a school run with 4 children under the height & age restrictions both myself and the other mother made sure we had enough carseats and booster seats for all the children. At the weekends when we need more room in the car stick the extra booster seats in the boot. It wasn't a big deal, we just did it.
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