Child seats are now compulsory

[daveza]

http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/child-seats-are-now-compulsory-1.1839903#.VRu8TfmUd8E

All drivers transporting children under the age of three will be liable to pay a fine of between R200 and R500 if the child is not strapped into a car seat.

Great, but it's still okay to put 10 kids on the back of a bakkie ?

 

[Ninja'd]

Haha, good one

 

[Azbubu]

Great, but it's still okay to put 10 kids on the back of a bakkie ?

How else would you get them to the mortuary?

 

[Drifter]

Fine is way too small, must be R2000 - R5000 at least.

 

[Nerfherder]

Um... hasn't this always been compulsory ? Like a R500 fine if no seat ?


I know that what is changing is that the kid must be rear facing up until 16 months.

 

[JackWhite]

Nice try

 

[Solarion]

Take child to school on motorcycle.

 

[Space_Chief]

Fine is way too small, must be R2000 - R5000 at least.

Let's just take the child away and give her to adoptive parents instead. Someone who does not strap their 3 year old in such a seat does not deserve children. Let's ramp the outrage so more, folks.

 

[Space_Chief]

Take child to school on motorcycle.

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As long as its your own child.

 

[crackersa]

all jokes aside, glad this is here now. i'm shocked at the number of people I see on the roads who have kids their laps. they say they love their kids, but they really don't try to prevent their deaths?

 

[LazyLion]

Child seats are now compulsory

I'm pretty sure my bum is way too big for one of those.

 

[R13...]

As long as its your own child.

There's a guy in my neighbourhood who transport his two year old on a bike on weekend "strolls". Neither him nor the child had any safety gear on the two occasions I saw him.

 

[Solarion]

There's a guy in my neighbourhood who transport his two year old on a bike on weekend "strolls". Neither him nor the child had any safety gear on the two occasions I saw him.

Darwinism in action.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

...and in the taxis?

 

[EtienneK]

I hope this isn't an April Fools joke, because this is needed.

Too many idiot parents letting their kids stand on the front seat.

Idiots.

 

[Former member 61586]

Not everyone can afford child seats. This is probably another April's fools joke.

 

[saor]

Not everyone can afford child seats. This is probably another April's fools joke.

Scraping the cash together is a lot less painful than scraping....well - you get the picture.

 

[longboy]

I'm pretty sure my bum is way too big for one of those.

Ja you need to lose some weight boet!

 

[Former member 61586]

Scraping the cash together is a lot less painful than scraping....well - you get the picture.

Yes I do. Point is. More than half the nation is poor. Living in shacks/squalor poor. And yes, I know about the argument about not having a child if you cannot provide for it. But I think they would rather buy food for that child than get a car seat.

 

[daveza]

Not everyone can afford child seats. This is probably another April's fools joke.

It's not an April Fools joke.

With car seat prices ranging from R800 to R5000, Rikhotso said parents would have to cut down their expenses to make sure their children are safe.

“I do not believe that car seats are too expensive for parents who want to make sure their most vulnerable and valuable asset is protected,” said Rikhotso.