Starting today, February 14, the provisions regarding the mandatory use of seat belts and child restraint systems in vehicles come into force. With the new regulations, no other changes are made to the legislation on traffic on public roads.
Starting today, the provisions of Government Decision no. 11/2015, which transposed the Community legislation regarding the technical norms for applying the provisions of the Emergency Ordinance no. 195/2002 regarding the circulation on public roads, regarding the compulsory use of the safety belts and the systems for fixing children in seats in vehicles, introduced by the Government Ordinance no.
According to the new regulations, children up to 135 cm in height can only be transported in vehicles if they are fastened or fastened using a child restraint device.
Also, children over 135 cm in height can only be transported in vehicles if they wear adult seat belts, adjusted so that they do not pass over the neck or face area, or if they are fastened or fastened using a fastener. in the child seat. There are exceptions. Thus, the child restraint is not required if the child is in a vehicle intended for public transport, as well as in the taxi if it occupies any place other than the one in the front seat. minicab bethnal green
At the same time, it is exempted from the obligation to be fastened or caught using a child restraint device or to wear a seat belt during transport, for which the child is issued a medical exemption certificate for serious medical reasons, in to mention the condition that contraindicates the wearing of these safety systems. The driver of the vehicle has the obligation to have his medical certificate, in whose content the duration of validity must be mentioned.
In these cases, the transport of the child is carried out on the rear seats of the vehicle, and in the case of the child up to 3 years, the transport is performed under the supervision of a person other than the driver of the vehicle.
Please note that the child restraint device must be approved and suitable for the physical characteristics of the children and installed on the rear seats of the vehicle, according to the mounting instructions provided by the manufacturer, which indicates how and in what way. which types of vehicles the system can be used safely.
By way of exception, the child restraint devices can also be mounted on the front seat, by facing the opposite direction to the normal direction of travel of the vehicle, only after deactivating the front airbag corresponding to the seat.
We remind that, in accordance with the legal provisions in force, the driver of the vehicle is sanctioned with 4 - 5 fine points (390 - 487.5 lei ) and 3 penalty points in the case:
- failure to comply with the obligation to ensure that minors wear seat belts or are transported in fasteners in approved child seats, under the conditions provided by the regulation. - non-compliance with the provisions regarding the transport of children in vehicles that are not equipped with safety systems.
The aforementioned normative act does not bring any other changes to the legislation on the movement on public roads, not being "a new Road Code".
Taking into account the provisions of Government Decision no. 1,091 of December 10, 2014, for establishing the minimum gross basic wage in the country guaranteed in payment, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, as well as the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 195/2002 regarding the movement on public roads, starting with January 1, 2015, a fine point represents, in value, 97.5 lei.
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