Not strapping children into cars is ‘murderous behaviour’

THE country’s most senior road safety advocate has described as “murderous” the behaviour of parents who don’t have their children properly strapped into cars.

Noel Brett, chief executive officer of the Road Safety Authority, said children who are not properly restrained can be “thrown around like a rag doll, even in low-speed collisions”. It’s not unusual for drivers in traffic to see “a child standing up, looking out the back window at you, or standing up between the two front seats,” he told listeners to Midlands 103’s Midlands Today show yesterday.

“That’s just murderous behaviour,” he said.