2-door car & newborn - Opinions..

[Calluna]

This is from the RAA website. Looks like it is just for SA at this stage but I have heard they are looking into it in other states - not sure of the status.

"The new laws will require children to be appropriately restrained in a motor vehicle in a suitable approved child restraint from birth up to the age of seven.

Specifically, the new laws will require children ?

* Up to the age of six months to be restrained in a rearward facing child restraint (e.g. infant capsule);

* From six months until the age of four to be restrained in either a rearward or forward facing child restraint (e.g. child safety seat);"

I have been into the RAA in Adel and asked about this and they told me that we will need a capsule and not a rear facing seat like we had with DS. I am just going to hire one from the Red Cross.
HTH.

I don't know exactly what is meant by "capsule", would that mean that our convertable restraint would be illegal? Sorry if I sound thick, preggo brain I swear

[Maybebabie]

"I have been into the RAA in Adel and asked about this and they told me that we will need a capsule and not a rear facing seat like we had with DS."

To me it looks like the convertable car seats would be illegal from what has been written. I am not in SA so it doesn't affect me. We decided not to buy a convertible car seat so we have a capsule and a forward facing car seat for 6mths up. As our carseat doesn't convert it goes upto 26kgs rather than 18kg which most convertable car seats go up to. Though we will still have to get a car seat/booster when no#2 moves to the car seat.

[Calluna]

"I have been into the RAA in Adel and asked about this and they told me that we will need a capsule and not a rear facing seat like we had with DS."

To me it looks like the convertable car seats would be illegal from what has been written. I am not in SA so it doesn't affect me. We decided not to buy a convertible car seat so we have a capsule and a forward facing car seat for 6mths up. As our carseat doesn't convert it goes upto 26kgs rather than 18kg which most convertable car seats go up to. Though we will still have to get a car seat/booster when no#2 moves to the car seat.

I guess I'd better just hope it doesn't come in up here then.

[~Trish~]

Up to the age of six months to be restrained in a rearward facing child restraint (e.g. infant capsule)

I would take this as meaning a rearward facing car seat is just fine, they have stated a capsule as an example, but a car seat that is able to be rearward facing (and later converted to forward facing) is perfectly legal. It is just basically saying that it is illegal for your infant to be forward facing before they turn 6 months of age.