Is there an age limit when carrying a front passenger whilst driving in the uk?

Question

Is there an age limit when carrying a front passenger whilst driving in the uk?

Answer 1

No, but the correct seats and restraints must be used with children, and also, if there is a passenger airbag, it must be deactivated with certain child cars seats, especially rear-facing ones.

Answer 2

It is 17, the same as when you aren't carrying a passenger.

There has been talk of restricting this due to the high number of youngsters killed while passengers in cars driven by inexperienced young drivers.

Answer 3

No, there is no age limit.

But the seat belt law applies below:

The law requires all children travelling in cars to use the correct child restraint until they are either 135 cm in height or the age of 12 (which ever they reach first) . After this they must use an adult seat belt.

It is the driver's responsibility to ensure that children under the age of 14 years are restrained correctly in accordance with the law.

It is illegal to carry a child in a rear-facing child seat in the front, which is protected by an active frontal airbag.