One Third Of Motoring Parents Are Unsure Of Child Car Seat Laws
New research has revealed a third (32 %) of motoring parents are unaware of the changes to the law made in September 2006.
The new regulations stipulate children up to the age of 12 (or those under 1m 35cm) must use safety seats when travelling in a car. However, a quarter (23 %) of parents with children aged between three and 12 don’t use a child car seat at all and 10% of parents mistakenly think once children reach eight years old they no longer need a child car seat.
I don’t’ believe this. How can parents ignore a law designed to keep their precious children safe and alive?
Each year, around 30 children aged 11 or under are killed while travelling in cars and around 400 are seriously injured. Many of these deaths and injuries could be prevented by the proper use of a child seat. Parents who fail to comply with the law face a fine of up to £500.
The research reveals that 70% of parents did not replace their baby or child seat following a car crash that weakens child seats, citing cost as the main reason. One would have thought in an age where we wrap our children in cotton wool, the cost of a child seat outweighs the cost of losing a child.
So buckle up you offending parents.
FemaleFirst - Jackie Violet