KNOW THE NEW LAW 

• NEW EU CHILD SAFETY PROTECTION LAWS HAVE COME INTO FORCE making it compulsory for all children to travel in the correct child seat, booster seat or booster cushion
  
  
• Where safety belts have been fitted they must be worn
  
   
• Children under 3 years of age must not travel in a car or goods vehicle (other than a taxi) unless restrained in the correct child seat
  
   
• Children aged 3 years or over who are under 150cms in height and weighing less than 36 kilograms (i.e. generally children up to 11/12 years old) must use the correct child seat, booster seat or booster cushion when travelling in cars or goods vehicles
  
   
• Children over 3 years of age must travel in a rear seat in vehicles not fitted with safety belts
  
   
• Rearward-facing child car seats must NEVER be used in the front passenger seat of cars with an active airbag
  
   
• Child car seats must be in accordance with EU or United Nations- Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) standards
  
   
• Drivers have a legal responsibility to ensure passengers aged under 17 use the correct seat, booster seat, booster cushion or seatbelt

Source: The Road Safety Authority www.rsa.ie

 Ensuring a child is properly restrained in a child car seat can reduce injuries by a factor of 90-95% for rear-facing seats and 60% for forward-facing seats*.
*Source: AA Motoring Trust