Is Your Child Safe When Travelling By Car?
UK has more relaxed regulations regarding car safety for children than Northern Europe. In the UK we are allowed to take a taxi without a child seat and do the unplanned trip and still get away with not safely buckling up our children.
Online, June 24, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Child Safety Week puts our daily habits in perspective. UK has more relaxed regulations regarding car safety for children than Northern Europe. In the UK we are allowed to take a taxi without a child seat and do the unplanned trip and still get away with not safely buckling up our children.
In the Nordic countries taxi drivers have child seats in their car. If by any chance a particular car does not have a child seat, the driver is obliged to ensure another taxi equipped with a child seat takes you to the location. A person carrying a child in a car in an unsafe way will face penalty, the unplanned trips are not exempted.
Today there are solutions to ensure that your child always have a car booster seat at hand wherever you go. SitSat is an integrated backpack and car booster seat which only weighs 1.8kg and can easily be carried around instead of a regular backpack. Your child will be able to bring along their dearest belongings and he/she will be safe as they have their car booster seat at hand regardless when and where they decide to go by car or bus.
EU legislation states that children up to 135 cm (4ft 5in) must use a child seat or booster seat when travelling in cars or buses equipped with 3-point safety-belts. The SitSac solution allows for the booster seat to always be close at hand.
SitSac is available for sale at www.sitsac.co.uk for £49.99.