Motoring Laws update reminder: Child car seat regulations

Motoring laws are constantly evolving to help keep us safer on the UK's roads. We've lined up a series of reminders for you and will publish them in this blog over the coming weeks.

As of now, the law regarding child seats has also changed to mean that the use of cushion booster seats will now be restricted to older children only.

The change in regulation means that any child under 125cm (4.1 feet) tall and less than 22kg (3.5 stone) in weight must use a child seat with a back instead of a backless booster cushion, however children must use continue to use an appropriate child seat until they are either 135cm (4.4 feet) tall or 12 years old.

The reason is that backless car seats offer far less protection in the event of a collision, particularly in the event of a side-on crash, and could end up proving fatal to younger or smaller children.

Anyone caught not using an appropriate child seat for their car will be faced with a £100 fine, however it should be noted that the new law only applies to seats which are bought after March 1st 2017.

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