Hi, I've just gotten confident with driving n getting a new car - do i need to buy 2 car seats for my 3 year old twin naughty boys to strap them safe in the back seat or the existing seat belt is sufficient - unless they learn how to unbelt themselves - what shall i do? i want them to stay put and stay safe n not have distractions while driving - whats ur advise???
2007-02-03 22:26:52 · 18 answers · asked by Hamzay 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Go and have the proper seats with the correct harnesses fitted. I am a Road Safety Committee Member and your biggest responsibility is the protection of your children
2007-02-03 23:15:27 · answer #1 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HI, It is a legal requirement to provide a car seat for children up to twelve, I think. So yes you must get two car seats. Youcan go for the ones you actually put on the seat and that are fixed by the car belt. They are some good ones everywhere, so shop around. I get my stuff from kiddicare.com as they tend to be a little cheaper. If you go for second hand, you must make sure that the seats were not in damaged in any accident or used in a car that had an accident. If you don't get the car seats, you risk a hefty fine, let alone putting the kids at serious risk.
2007-02-03 23:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by Laurence C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check the Car seat and Seat belt law for your state. I would get 2 booster seats to strap them into. Chances are you will have to have them in a seat until 6 years of age.
2007-02-04 06:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by TD R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You asked this same question under safety and toddler and preschooler. So again here is my answer.
You definitely need or are required by law to have your 3 yr. old twin boys ( how adorable) in car seats, properly restrained in the rear seats while riding in the car. Children are only exempted if they weigh over 4'5" or are over 40 lbs. Or if they are over 12 years old. For 13 years of age, as with all adults are required, seat belts must be worn at all times.
There are lots of new revisions and FAQ found on the below site as of Sept 18,2006:
RAC Know-How - Owning a car - Child seat safety
What are the new regulations? Are there any exemptions? What do you mean by "child restraints" ... very difficult to get them in a child car seat. What can ...rac.co.uk/web/knowhow/.../child_seat_safety;jsessionid=
2007-02-03 23:49:56 · answer #4 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just passed a law that you have to sit in a booster seat until the age of 8 years old. and no one under the age of 12 sits in the front seat. My son is 2 1/2 and he is in a booster seat because he meets the requirements, 34 inchs tall and 32 lbs. **If you have a window lock on the driver's door, that works real nice!!
2007-02-05 04:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by lilred25smc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what country you live in. In Briton the law is that you have to have a child seat/ booster seat if a child is under 4 ft 9".
2007-02-03 22:36:23 · answer #6 · answered by hahahippy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The law is that a child must be restrained in a booster seat until they are 4 foot nine.
So yea you should be putting them in car seats.
2007-02-03 22:32:36 · answer #7 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at first i've got faith that it relatively is a regulation that oldsters could shop their toddlers in some form of restraint as much as a undeniable age (or weight). And being "beneficial driving a sparkling automobile" has relatively no longer something to do with the risk-free practices of your toddlers!!! Are you a hundred% specific which you will no longer get in an twist of destiny? a hundred% specific that somebody else won't run a pink gentle? a hundred% specific that the seat belt is the superb risk-free practices which you delivers your toddlers? the superb!! your toddlers deserve the superb and it is your interest, as their parent to offer that to them. They anticipate you to guard them. to maintain them risk-free. we don't placed our toddlers in automobile seats so as that we will no longer have any distractions whilst we are driving. If that have been real, you will not communicate on the telephone or consume or hear to the radio whilst driving! those are all distractions. My propose? purchase them automobile seats and make specific they're precise put in! whilst they outgrow them, purchase the subsequent step up. which will maximum in all probability be a booster seat. and supply up ASKING the comparable question repeatedly! thrice IS extra suitable than sufficient!!!!!
2016-10-01 10:00:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They need to be in some sort of car seat/ booster seat for quite a few more years.
2007-02-03 23:02:57 · answer #9 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you need 2 good seats or at least a booster for each child. lwa in europe is 152 cm before the child can sit with out a booster or car seat.
2007-02-03 23:06:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋