For nearly three decades, Splatt Lawyers has provided in-depth legal information on car accident compensation on a no-earns, no-expense basis. If you have been involved in a road accident in Queensland, contact us now to understand your legal rights. It doesn`t cost anything to know where you stand. Children under the age of seven are not allowed to sit in the front seat if a vehicle has two or more rows. However, if all other seats are occupied by children of the same age or younger, they may use the front seat even if the front passenger seat is the only one to be fastened to its belt. Once children are seven years of age or older, they can sit in the front seat with an adult seat belt or with a booster seat that has retained an adult push belt. Children aged 7 and over can travel in the front seat. However, research shows that children under the age of 12 travel much safer in the back seat. Most parents are confused about the current regulations. As the mother of a 9-year-old daughter, it`s my fault. Isn`t that 7 – or about – the magic number where kids can get out of child restraints? My daughter can now sit in the front seat, right? Children of all ages can sit in the front seat as long as they are properly buckled up. If a car is equipped with a passenger airbag, a rear-facing child restraint system shall not be used in the front seat when the restraint system is placed near the airbag. The front seat poses an increased risk to all passengers, as many vehicle airbags are ejected at forces designed to protect tall adult males.

The power of an ejection airbag is often at the level of the face for a child or teenager rather than at the height of the torso as is the case for an adult adult. I would also suggest black sunglasses for your young traveler in the front seat – not as a safety precaution, but to protect their eyes from the blinding sunlight they will inevitably feel thanks to their small size. The use of seat cushions is permitted provided they comply with Australian Standard AS/NZS 1754 at the time of manufacture. The seat cushion must have a permission sticker and date stamp for the time of manufacture. We recommend having less than 10 years of children`s pillows. Make sure your child doesn`t get too hot during the long trip. Keep in mind that babies and children in rear-facing seats don`t take full advantage of the air conditioning blowing from the front of the car, so dress your child in light clothes and keep your car cool by using umbrellas. If your car is not air-conditioned, open the window on the opposite side of the car. Traveling early in the morning or evening also helps keep the car cooler during the summer months. Once your baby is over six months old, it`s a good idea to use sunscreen on your child`s face and exposed skin to prevent sunburn. Standard Australian seat cushions are no longer manufactured or recommended.

While still legal to use, booster cushions have a relatively low weight limit and do not offer the side impact protection provided by a high-back booster seat. Parents can probably hear the howls of protest from their little ones. There is always a temptation to give in to children. But if you have an accident, you don`t want to regret the decision you made immediately before: the decision to let your child get on the seat before that day or to do without his booster seat. Child seats in Australia have a video on how car seats are tested. It`s a confronting but useful demonstration of how a car seat helps protect your child. A passenger 4 years of age or older but under 7 years of age must not be in the front row of a motor vehicle that has 2 or more rows of seats unless they are in the row or rows behind the first row: children always beg to sit in the front seat. The cockpit is more exciting, right? And no one wants to be stuck between annoying siblings. Infants and children up to 4 years old are not allowed to sit in the front seat. Children aged 4 and up to 7 years may only sit in the front seat if all other seats are occupied by children under 7 years of age.

Children aged 7 years and older can sit in the front seat. Given that the general consensus is that it`s much safer to put your kids in the back of the car than in the front, why should parents even consider letting their kids travel in front? Well, call me irresponsible, but there are occasions when I welcome the opportunity to stop the car, separate my two boys who are arguing and put the older one in front to rest. And others where I want to spare another mother a trip by taking her two children with me – only possible by placing one of mine in front. And selfishly, I like to chat with my entertaining eight-year-old child at the front from time to time. It is tall for its age of 135 cm, strong and sturdy and much better than the handbag that is usually there. How old were your children when you let them sit in the passenger seat? Even when parents have a vague idea of the laws, they often yield to power; The children complain that they have passed their “baby seats” and beg to sit in the front of the car. Too often, busy moms and dads — juggling groceries, school bags, and other kids — comply. Child restraint systems used in Australia must bear the Australian Standards mark to ensure that they have been manufactured in accordance with the Australian/New Zealand standard.

Otherwise, you will not be able to use the restrictions legally. Children and teenagers should remain in the back seat if possible, even after leaving a booster seat. Many car manufacturers advise against passengers under the age of 12. www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/1844/~/child-restraints-in-vehicles children and adolescents should remain in a booster seat until they are able to properly fasten an adult seat belt. This often happens when the child is 145 cm tall (about 11 years old). To determine if a child can safely sit with an adult seat belt, check if they pass the 5-step test. In Queensland, as in most Australian states, children under the age of seven must be housed in properly secured child restraints. However, there are various laws regarding child restraints that you may not be familiar with. Let`s look at the traffic rules for child safety in vehicles in Queensland. If the passenger is 6 months or older, but under 4 years old, he must be restrained at an appropriate, correctly fixed and adapted speed: children of this age grow up at different rates. Even if your child is 6 months old, they may not be willing to travel in a forward-facing child restraint system.

It is recommended to keep children in their rear-facing restraint system until they are too old for it. It also helps to make your baby or child happy in the car. Try playing your favorite music or make snacks. Remember to leave the busy road (not in an emergency stop lane) to offer drinks and snacks or if your child needs attention. Children should stay in their forward-facing car seat with integrated seat belts until they become too tall. Have you heard of the two-hour rule? It`s important to take breaks on long car journeys for you and your child. You should try to stop every two hours so you can stretch and take a smooth break. If you`re traveling with a baby under four months, Kidsafe recommends taking a break every hour to allow the baby to walk on a mat. A booster seat, which correctly positions the vehicle`s belt on the child, can be used when the child`s shoulders reach or exceed the minimum shoulder height and the child has the maturity to remain seated while driving and not lean forward.

Children can travel safely in appropriately adjusted rear-facing restraint systems until they are four years old. It is important to track shoulder height markers to determine when the rear-facing mode has become too large.