Car Seats for Kids

syngindub

we have a 5 year old and wondering at what age are they no longer required by law to use a car seat.

embee

http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/safety-belts.html

# Children under 3 years of age must not travel in a car or goods vehicle (other than a taxi) unless restrained in the correct child seat.
# Children aged 3 years or over who are under 150cms in height and weighing less than 36 kilograms (i.e. generally children up to 11/12 years old) must use the correct child seat or booster cushion when travelling in cars or goods vehicles
# Children over 3 years of age must travel in a rear seat in vehicles not fitted with safety belts.
# A rearward-facing child car seat must not be used in the front passenger seat of cars with active airbags.
# A child car seat must be in accordance with EU or United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) standards.
# Make sure passengers aged under 17 use the correct seat, booster seat, booster cushion or seatbelt. All drivers are legally responsible for this.

syngindub

thanks,
don't quite understand this one
# Children over 3 years of age must travel in a rear seat in vehicles not fitted with safety belts
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anyone care to shed some light. are there any family vehicles without safetly belts?

Quackles

syngindub wrote: »

thanks,
don't quite understand this one
# Children over 3 years of age must travel in a rear seat in vehicles not fitted with safety belts
/?
anyone care to shed some light. are there any family vehicles without safetly belts?

By law these days they have to have seatbelts - that's probably left in there to cover vintage cars and older cars which would not have had them? That's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

syngindub

oh ye. sounds like a good theory alright. I'll stick to that so

noby

That also covers buses I would assume.

So at what age are you allowed to put a child in a front seat (on a booster/child seat)? Is it 12? I only ask because I was doing a run to the dump last week (back seats down, boot full) and my son asked if he could come. I said no, but it got me wondering about the legality of it. He's almost 6, btw.

the glass woman

# Children under 3 years of age must not travel in a car or goods vehicle (other than a taxi) unless restrained in the correct child seat.

I've never taken my son in a taxi, he's 18mts, because i'd never have him just loose on my lap. I'd no idea this was acceptable, which it seems to be. Has anyone ever brought a baby/toddler in a taxi and were you nervous about it?

syngindub

that's a bit of a strange one alright. Previously when we did have to travel by taxi with our kid a few years ago, i did feel a bit anxious alright. Wasn't aware myself that it was acceptable.