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Originally Posted by kitkat
i covered this subject in september when the law was changing at work (school). children under a certain height and age have to use a car seat whilst travelling in a car but not a taxi, because everyone knows taxis dont have accidents. As part of a project we looked into it bit deeper. The car seat is bascially to raise child so belt goes over pelvis not tummy. Short adults and children over 10 (i think) are exempt. Most at risk are short teenagers. The pelvis is not solid until the age of 15.
anyway as this country is reported to be the worst to bring up children I feel we should concentrate on that as opposed to car seats.
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Almost - children up to 11 and under 1.5m(5ft) in height must be restrained
though soon as the child reaches 1.5m regardless of age it can use an adult belt
the offical mark that you should be looking for is ECE R44.03 and this sd be pointed out by retailer and you sd also ask to see the fitting certificate of the person.
They are still in talks at the moment to change the penalty of not using child restraints. Therefore if you are involved in an accident in which there is a child that should have been restrained and isn't they want to proceed with criminal prosecution. If that child is injured or killed then they want it to be the same as if the driver has run somebody over (driver responsible for childs welfare)
So as much as its a nanny state - beware.
