Road_to_Solo_driving_handbook (2)

Rules and responsibilities
Children
Drivers must ensure that children are
restrained in:
• a properly fastened and adjusted
rearward facing child restraint with
an inbuilt harness if they are less
than six months old
• a properly fastened and adjusted
approved rearward facing OR
forward facing child restraint with
inbuilt harness if they are more
than six months and less than four
years old.
• a properly fastened and adjusted
approved forward facing child
restraint with in-built harness OR
a properly positioned approved
booster seat and fastened and
adjusted seatbelt if they are more
than four years but less than
seven years old. The type of
restraint will depend on the
child’s size
• either a booster seat or an adult
seatbelt if they are seven years
to less than 16 years. It is
recommended that children
continue to use a booster seat
until they are at least 145cm tall.
Children under four years old must
not be seated in the front seat (in
vehicles with two or more rows of seats).
Children four years to less than seven
years old can only be seated in the front
if all other seats in the row(s) behind are
occupied by other passengers less than
seven years old.
Tip
Restraint Fitting Stations can help
you fit a child restraint or booster
seat to your vehicle.
Call 1300 360 745 for the nearest
location.
Child restraints, booster seats
and airbags
A rearward facing child restraint cannot
be used in the front seat when there is a
passenger airbag.
Children using forward facing child
restraints or booster seats in the front
seat of a vehicle should do so with
the seat pushed as far back from the
dashboard as possible.
It is safer for children to travel in the
back seat.
If a vehicle has airbags in other
positions, consult the vehicle owner’s
manual for advice on positioning child
restraints.
More information about child
restraints, booster seats and Restraint
Fitting Stations is available at:
vicroads.vic.gov.au and VicRoads
Customer Service Centres.
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