Ms Nixon said so long as all of the car's seat belts were being used, overloading the vehicle with people was not a crime.

"No, it's not an offence,'' she told Radio 3AW.

"It's a matter for the driver to see whether they can drive properly.

"In fact it's the number of seat belts. I think it's four or something in this car, and if those people had the seatbelts on, no, it's not an offence.
Um ... hello, I thought each occupant of a car had to be wearing their own seat belt??? How can EIGHT people be wearing FOUR seat belts???

Have to admit, as a teenager, we piled 8 of us into a friends car to drive down the street - we were all utilising the seat belts but the driver still got booked for it ....

Sasha - YAY for calming vibrations!!! We switch between that and the swing!! (depends where in the house we are - the swing is just so bloody big to move around and def won't fit in my office!! LOL!) Speaking of which - we need more batteries LOL!