Parents should act quickly over new Child Restraint Law - Birnie
“In the UK in 2005, 24 children aged under 10 years were killed while travelling in cars and a further 226 were admitted to hospital. When used properly, child passenger restraints reduce injury by 90-95% for rear facing restraints and 60 % for forward facing.
“All parents should be aware that from the end of February there will be a legal requirement to provide correct child restraint for all children in your car (under the new law all children up to 135 cm (4 ft 5 ins) in height or up to 12 years of age (whichever occurs first) must comply and the driver is held responsible for any child up to the age of 14 using the correct belt/restraint).
· Perhaps the government (i.e. DOE) should do more to publicise these legal requirements.
· Parents need to act now to ensure they are not breaking the law
· By all means shop around regarding any purchase of baby/child/booster seats because there is great variation in prices.
It is of course regrettable that many already hard-pressed families are about to be hit by yet another demand for cash. At the same time, what price a child’s life?”