child in a booster seat in the front legal ?
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my 5 year old son has autism and loves to ride "up front with mummy" when ever he can. We have a disco, and loves to see over all the cars. However one of these community not real Bobby's pulled her up to day and told her she was breaking the law. a child has to be 13 to sit in the front seat. Now my son is 5 and 112cm tall. When he is in the front he is always in his booster seat. I know some people frown at children being in the front, but i never thought this was illegal. Have i misunderstood the law here. Have i and my wife been law breakers.
Interestingly, in some circumstances it looks as though the child MUST be in the front, presumably because it's safer belted in the front than unbelted in the rear.
s.3A Road traffic Act 1988
You must not drive a car on the road if,
(a) a child under 12 years old and less than 150 centimetres high is in the back seat,
(b) there is no seat belt in the back seat, and
(c) the front passenger seat has a seat belt but is unoccupied.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/sectio...
s.3A Road traffic Act 1988
You must not drive a car on the road if,
(a) a child under 12 years old and less than 150 centimetres high is in the back seat,
(b) there is no seat belt in the back seat, and
(c) the front passenger seat has a seat belt but is unoccupied.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/sectio...
I'm assuming you only need to turn the airbag off otherwise why would there be a switch for this and the relevant warning stickers plastered over most modern cars? Besides surely the front seat as far back on the runners so central in the car and behind the b post must be safer than right up against the back of the car.
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