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Child car seat legislation!!
dew1911:
I know a car you can get 3 child seats across - New Ford S-Max.
I agree though, one of those "Why Bother" rules.
Plum:
Your all missin the point . . . ..
What the hell happens when you ring and ask your "friend, sister, mother, etc etc to pick up your youngun from nurcery or school in an emergancy cos you cant get home for a couple of hours. All because your stuck in a bl---y grid lock due to all the extra cars needed on the roads to pick the kids up that are normally picked up on the school runs,(nobodies got a child seat unless they all buy one just in case) worked out by all the mums together like a little army, and altered at a drop of a hat to accomadate these little emergancies etc etc etc etc. . . .
If you have 1 child then your not going to buy another two car seats just in case your friend wants her 2 picking up every now an then, or want to fit all the ancor points . . . . . .
an it dont even effect me ! ! ! but its all GOING MAD ! ! !
there thats me done . . . . cheers . . . .oh an sorry about the spelling :lol: :lol: :lol:
woody:
slightly different slant here
ITV2 last night i caught the last 2mins of one of those police reality programs
they stopped a fiesta lifted the boot and 4 kids got out opened the doors and eventually including the driver
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12 people got out
i think the law is amed at these people and the babies on knee brigade
but all you need is a jobs worth and you'v had it
fram:
As far As I know it is a height restriction rather than an age restriction. The age is just a guide line.
To be honest it is about time something was done. I'm sick to death of seeing toddlers unrestrained in the back of cars or sitting in the front seat with a seat belt that doesn't fit.
I have only ever had 2 car seats for my lad, the first was one of those reclining type rocker car seats from newborn, then we bought him a seat which will fit him untill he is old enough to sit safely in a car with just a normal seat belt. This seat starts of as a normal seat with straps, next stage is seat with car seat belt, last stage, back of the seat comes off so you just have a booster seat.
Older children WON'T have to sit in a full child seat, but WILL have to have a booster seat. The reasen for this is seatbelts are only designed for passengers over a certain height.
If I had to go out and buy a new car seat for my little one every year I would do so as long as he was safe in the car.
What price do you put on your childs life?
murph:
I have to agree with fram, all the points are there, it is to do with the height of the child, normal seat belts can be fatal to children who are not tall enough, use a booster seat.
As lots have mentioned already it is aimed at those totally irresponsible people who cart their kids around on there knee's or just standing in the back of the car.
I have seen kids hanging upside down in RTA's correctly strapped into their car seats, they save lives.
You read about those who don't use them or where seat belts, its not nice cutting children out of cars.
The new rules have a purpose, trying to save lives.
I'll shut up now.
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