Submitted on Saturday 20th February 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 31st March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Relevant Departments
Make it a legal requirement for children under the age of 4 to be rearfacing.
UK legislation only requires a rear-facing car seat for children that weigh up to 9kg – approx. 9-10 months old. However, evidence has shown that a rear-facing seat can be five times safer and that all children weighing 18kg – approx. 4 years should remain rear facing to increase car safety.
The UK lags way behind.
The EU has called for rear-facing seats to the age of 3 years but no action has been taken. This situation is compounded because the UK retail market does not supply a wide range of affordable rear-facing seats for babies and small children.
The Government should strengthen existing legislation to require the use of rear-facing car seats for all children aged 0-4 and encourage the UK retailers to offer a wider range of affordable rear-facing seats
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/568529
3.145.64.152 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:19:30 +0000
