Disco rear seats

Can someone help with a little problem. I have a Disco 300TDi 5 door 7 seater. If I carry children in the rear (side) seats do I have to have the booster cushions as the seats are pretty small to start with

David

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David
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If your kids are below the legal height limit of 135cm (and under 12 yrs) they are not permitted to travel in the sideways facing seats as booster seats are not safe/legal with lap belts. It is a big problem for all of us who own Disco's and 90's or 110's with side seats!

Andy

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Andy

On or around Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:29:21 -0000, "Andy" enlightened us thusly:

there are cop-outs for "no other seat available", unless you're doing it in any sort of official capacity.

My theory about the sideways ones in the disco is that they're as safe as most - in a frontal impact, the occupant will be shoved sideways a very short distance against the (padded) back of the middle-row seats. In a side impact, they'll fare the same as middle-seat passengers wearing only lap belts do in a frontal.

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Austin Shackles

I saw a programme some time ago about side impacts, apparently a force that'll give you whiplash in a frontal stands a good chance of putting you in a coma if it comes from the side, it's much more damaging. I only ever saw one programme about it though, Panorama or Horizon, back when they weren't 15-minute programmes padded out to an hour with pointless graphics and dramatic voice-overs with musical interludes.

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Ian Rawlings

In message , Ian Rawlings writes

I'd of thought that in a side impact most "proper" LRs would be much better than a standard car, no matter what restraints were fitted as you're going to be significantly above the likely point of impact (I'd guess that the most common cause is someone pulling out of a sideroad/drive in a standard car).

Will

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Will Wilkinson

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