Seatbelts are an important safety feature of any vehicle and compulsory to wear, yet there are a small few who choose not to wear it.
Some people continue to wear the lap/sash style seat belt under the right arm. The sash component of your seat belt cannot perform as its intended and it will not support your upper body in the event of a crash.
A driver also risks being fined if your passenger, regardless of age, isn’t wearing a seat belt or not wearing it correctly. Lap/sash style seatbelts need to be worn in the manner that they were designed for, so it will support the lower and upper body in the event of a crash and air bag deployments.
Talking about children and where they can sit, there are also various differences between vehicles with one row of seats and two.
Cars with only one row of seats can accommodate any child,
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