Travel Safe Bucks and Thames Valley Police are reminding residents about child seat safety this month.
It comes after the Transport for Buckinghamshire group met several parents and carers driving with children in the car that were either not strapped in properly, or not strapped in at all.
The law states that all children travelling in the front or rear seat of any car, van or goods vehicles must use the correct child car seat until they 135cm in height or 12 years old, whichever comes first. After this, they must use an adult seatbelt.
If you are struggling to keep a child safely in the correct car seat, try some of these top tips from Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) which should be applied to any child travelling in a vehicle:
- Be consistent. Insist your child wears a car seat with the harness fastened. Do not give in by letting your child travel without being safe and secure. Do not drive without your child being strapped in safely.
- Explain to your child why wearing a seatbelt is important for their safety
- Lead by example! Make sure you make a display of strapping yourself in to demonstrate to your children that it’s something everybody needs to do.
- If your child unbuckles themselves mid journey, pull over as soon as you can safely do so and strap them back in.
There are also car seat clinic assessments available for children with physical disabilities or challenging behaviours from the Regional Driving Assessment Centre. Child Car Seats | RDAC
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