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Get up to date with the law on taking children by car, as Meg Jones advises A nanny may spend more time driving children around than their parents do.

A nanny may spend more time driving children around than their parents do.

It's essential that any driving nanny is familiar with the new UKlaw that came into force last month, in line with a European directive on the safety of children in vehicles, specifying the type of seats and restraints that must be used by children in cars.

The National Travel Safe Survey, sponsored by Halfords, Graco and Mother & Baby, found that 40 per cent of parents admit to having allowed babies and young children to travel in cars without a car safety seat, 25 per cent have travelled holding a baby with an adult seat belt around them both, and 11 per cent do not even own a child car seat. The Department of Transport estimates that every year 2,000 children aged under ten could be saved from injury or death in cars if they were properly restrained.

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