Bracknell

Parents and carers are advised free child car seat fit check offered by Britax, Halfords and Bracknell Forest Borough Council have been postponed until the New Year.

The checks were due to take place outside Halfords in the Peel Centre, Skimped Hill, Bracknell, between 10am and 4pm on Saturday, October 6. Britax a leading car seat manufacturer, will be able to devote more resources to a new date in the new year and the Council will circulate details as soon as they are known.

Bracknell Council is organising child car-seat checks to help parents to ensure that their children are safe. As from September last year new laws said that drivers must provide child seats or boosters for their children until they are at least 11-years-old or 135cm (about five feet) tall to reduce risk of injury.

The new law was introduced to reduce casualties because adult seat belts are designed for someone with an adult bone structure and whose height is 135cm or taller, so are not appropriate for children and could injure them in a crash.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council