Age Weight Child Front Seat. Bmw 428i with child seat. Instead they advise that children should be at least 145cm tall rather than any particular age to be allowed the great privilege at least in a kid s mind of sitting up front.
A child can use the forward facing car seat as a booster seat if she weighs between 80 and 100 lbs. Rear facing seats can be up to five times safer and children in sweden travel rear facing until the age of 4 or 5 years using group 1 seats approved to 25kg. In this weight bracker the seat harness drops off and the car s normal seat belt fastens around the car seat and the child.
Sitting in the front seat of a vehicle can be dangerous for children below a certain age height or weight.
Never put a rear facing car seat in front of an active air bag. Learn more about when a child can safely sit in the front seat here. Rear facing group 1 seats made for the swedish market and approved for children up to 18kg or 25kg are available in the uk but you ll have to hunt for them. When the child is larger than 100 lbs or the specified weight by the seat manufacturer a booster seat is not necessary.