One thing about the new law that annoys me. My lad is about 2cm under height so needs to use a child restraint. I have a baby seat on my rear seat on the passenger side. A booster seat behind the driver's seat for my 5 year old. There is not enough room to fit another booster in the middle. My car is a large Citroen Xantia estate not a little hatchback. It has a rear centre seatbelt that is a lap and diagonal type belt. This is on a 1997 car. The top part of the belts comes out of the top of the seat and is the perfect position for my son without a booster seat. The law belt sits on his hips not his stomach. According to the law he can't use it as it is, the only way I am getting away with it is because i can't fit another booster in the car.
Before someone suggests I put him on the front seat, I can't. Read this bit about air bags from my link above
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See what the car handbook says about children in seats with frontal air-bags. This can vary from car to car. We strongly recommend that advice should be followed because air-bags are powerful safety devices that must be treated with respect. Children, and adults for that matter, should not sit close to an active frontal air-bag. We suggest that the car seat should be as far back as possible from an air-bag.
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My car's hand book says not to put children under the age of 10 in the front seat because of the air bag.
Why don't they legislate against new cars having lap only belts?