LONG-TERM FLEET
Child safety extends beyond merely installing special seats
Our Ford Kuga was put to use recently in a television insert on the fitment of child seats
It never ceases to amaze me how many people I see driving in fancy cars with their seatbelt on while the kids are unstrapped in the back. Since April 30 2015 it is illegal for a child under three not to be properly restrained in a child seat when travelling in a vehicle. Besides, parents’ love for their child should mean they want their child to be safely strapped into a vehicle that at any time could be involved in a collision. We see parents daily dropping their kids off at school with the children not in car seats. We see them peering out of the window as their parents hurtle along the highways and we even see children standing between the seats. Get very angry Surely as an intelligent parent you understand that if you have a crash, the seatbelt will hold the driver and the airbag will cushion you, while your child will be thrown through the windscreen at the same speed you are travelling at. Yes, we at Motor News get very angry about what we see on the roads regarding the lack o...
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