Most people are sure that carriage of children in the front seat of the car is prohibited. What does the traffic rules for 2016 say about this? Maybe not everything is so categorical? Let's carefully study the topic. It contains many diverse nuances: the form of child seats, the types of belts and airbags, their use, the strength of the fasteners, sizes, methods and placement of the cradles. And in general, how justified every time to put a child next to the driver? Whatever you say, the track is a dynamic, turbulent place.
What can you do without?
Before we talk about such subtleties as transporting a child in the front seat, we will touch on general requirements. Probably, there will not be a single person in Russia who does not know that at present children can go on a trip with you only if there is a special restraint device - a car seat (paragraph 22.9 of the SDA).
About the age to which kids can not be transported, nothing is said. This means that even a newborn can become a passenger (there are car seats for them, but they are less reliable than chairs, especially since the child quickly outgrows the container). Remember for yourself: up to 12 years old children carry in a chair. Whether it will be front or rear - it does not matter, the main thing is availability.
The rules for transporting children in the front seat of the car say that it is safer to install the baby restraint so that the child is turned away from the front of the track (facing away from the movement; the airbag, if there is one, is behind the back and is turned off). Upon reaching the age of four, the baby can be planted in an adult way - face forward. If the passive safety system remains on, push the seat back as far as possible (this is necessary in order to protect the child in case the airbag is deployed).
Left, right or center?
After 12 years, instead of a chair, a regular belt is used for fixation. This also applies to cases when the child is younger, but has already reached one and a half meter growth (150 cm). Older, but shorty? Still use a chair. Dangling jumper is ineffective and traumatic. Probably, many parents at least once saw how a miniature teenager seemed to slip out from under the belt. In the best case, this situation is fraught with a lump on the forehead, in the worst - asphyxiation (asphyxia).
So, the transportation of the child in the front seat is acceptable (although undesirable) if the car seat is installed in accordance with the weight and height of the young passenger. Now about the place in the cabin. Perhaps you think that in terms of safety, your offspring are best off the back of the driver. This is not true (percentage indicators of injury risks: 31% - on the left, behind the driver, 41% - on the right, 28% - in the middle).
Possible but not necessary
Carriage of children in the front seat should not be an end in itself. Optimally, if the chair for the baby is installed in the center of the rear seat. According to traffic rules, here a little person will be as convenient and comfortable as possible, and most importantly, there is a chance here to easily get off in an accident. If it seems to you that a car seat is too expensive, buying a pram, check if it has removable elements that can be used more widely.
Universal purchase will reduce costs without violating the safety requirements for transporting children. If you, returning from guests, call a taxi, you will always be ready for the correct transportation of the baby (as they say, I carry all my things with me). So, you want to place the baby in front and you know that this is acceptable. But include common sense, analyze: is it really necessary? Long-term practice of drivers suggests that it is better to avoid such a "primacy".
Matching Parameters
How are the transportation of the child in the front seat of the car and the work of the inflatable barrier located in this part connected? Directly! Make sure that the airbag in front of the child is turned off: at the moment of deployment, it can cause irreparable harm to a fragile creature (especially dangerous when you stand with your back to it). Also, you can not put a twelve year old in a car seat or chair that does not match his physique. This will make travel even more dangerous.
Only a properly selected and firmly fixed construction is effective. Then your children will not become a hostage of the situation on the road and in the car. And there will come the long-awaited moment when you can put off the chair and do only with a belt (after 12 years, upon reaching certain physiological parameters).
Read the instructions
Gone is the past when the picture of mommy with the baby in her arms was commonplace. Today, the requirements are strict: transporting a child in the front seat requires a car seat. Follow the rules! Read the instructions for the car in the place where the operation of the airbag is described. If it does not provide for the installation of a holding device in front, then this can be regarded as a ban, despite the loyal attitude of traffic rules to this issue.
You risk the health and even the life of your bloodstream if: the car seat is not installed correctly, the child is without a restraint, the seat is small or too large. The penalty for transporting a child in the front seat without taking precautions is 3,000 rubles. The assortment of chairs is great, you have the opportunity to choose the most suitable for your children.
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Car seats for the smallest passengers are usually mounted in the back seat, in the center. There are cocoon chairs for crumbs up to one and a half years (if their weight does not exceed 13 kg). This design is something transitional from the cradle to the chair. Can be installed in front, behind, but always with your back to the road.
Carrying a child in the front seat of a car is a science! Car seats for babies up to four years of age (the weight of the child should not exceed 15 kg) are installed in front, behind, but also vice versa (with back to movement). The position of the car seats for 4-7 year olds coincides with the movement. Safety belts are available. Seats for children under 12 years old (weighing up to 36 kg) are placed both in the front and rear compartment of a car equipped with seat belts. Children older can do without a car seat, but with airbags and seat belts.
Check in advance
It is believed that European-branded car seats are particularly reliable. Make sure the seats are comfortable, then the kids are less capricious (tears and cries of children interfere with driving). Check for the presence of a V-belt (in the event of an accident, it protects the spinal column and stomach).
Having received a positive answer to the question of whether it is allowed to transport children in the front seat, having bought a chair, study the strength of belts, fasteners, make sure that your beloved and unique offspring has not outgrown it, learn how to quickly and accurately install and remove devices. When buying a restraint, do not hesitate to ask sellers for a certificate of conformity for the product. Choose native, domestic models, if they comply with GOST.
Child protection in the front seat
Carrying a child in the front seat requires the greatest responsibility from adults. Transplant it from your lap into a chair. Even at a vehicle speed of 50 kilometers per hour, in a collision and inertia, the weight of a mother of 70 kilograms becomes equivalent to two tons! It’s scary to imagine how such a weighting will affect a child!
A fastened adult with a baby in his arms will feel that the weight of his son or daughter is increasing! Ten kilograms turn into three hundred! When flying out of the hands, the child may be outside the car: he will simply be thrown out through the windshield. Of course, you don’t have to think about the bad all the time. But it is worth making secure. Road and car are sources of increased danger. By studying and observing the rules for transporting children in the front seat (and not only!), You are doing the right thing.