Also, I just read what I think you did about single cab Ute's and the it specifies that most car manufacturers recommend against the use of a rear facing car seat in a front seat. So even if the rta says yes, you could find out what the Ute's manufacturer says, maybe they will say no. I was wondering the same here in vic I drive and only own a toyota hiace van so only 3 seats I got told as long as the air bags are disconnected they can be in the front I can swap cars with mum for the first couple of months if needed.
Im in the same boat as my hubby will be doing day care collections when i go back to work and will be going straight from work however.. Yes it is legal although u need to get it properly fitted the best ones are the maxi cosie and some other one that is around the same price.
As long as the air bags are disabled its more than fine. This will depend on whether there is more than 1 row of seats in the car and the age of the child. If the vehicle has a passenger airbag fitted, a rearward facing child restraint should not be used if the restraint is in front of the airbag. T his is is from page 4, it's qld but I was under the impression the laws were Auatralian wide.
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Car seats and seatbelts are designed for adult bodies, so not all children will fit an adult seatbelt when they reach their seventh birthday. Research shows that an adult lap-sash seatbelt will not generally fit a child properly until they are at least cm tall, often around years of age. Children who are not yet tall enough to use an adult seatbelt tend to slump into the vehicle seat so that their legs bend at the seat edge.
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There are three metal top tether anchorages behind the backrest which comes forward as one complete panel. In the D-Max, there is just one woven tab, to the side of the central headrest towards the driver's side of the vehicle, which you pull to bring the backrest forward. I did find its positioning a little inconvenient when installing a child seat on the other side of the cab because I had to come all the way round to pull the tab!
Having one continuous backrest makes fitting, and removing, three child seats a little more difficult as you have to attach all the top tether straps at the same time, then click the backrest back into place and then attach all the seat belts. Once you have connected the top tethers and are locking the seatback into position adjusting the top tethers was a little tricky with space around the headrests.
Three child seats fit really comfortably along the back row and the seatbelt clips were really well positioned. I found there were no difficult to access seatbelt clips underneath child seats, and they all seemed perfectly positioned which rarely happens in cars I have driven. It makes installation easier and makes it really easy for a child in a booster seat to do up their own seatbelt, unlike in most cars I have tested where the seatbelt clip is underneath the booster seat making it impossible for them to access!
There are three metal top tether anchorages situated behind the rear backrest and ISOFix anchorages in the two outer rear seats in the Holden Colorado.
To access the top tether anchorages, you have to pull tabs at both ends on the seat back, which means pulling one, wedging something in it so it can't click back in and walking around to the other side of the cab to pull the other and get the whole seat back to drop forward.
Having one continuous backrest makes fitting, and removing, three child seats a little more difficult as you have to attach all the top tethers at the same time, then click the back into place and then attach the seat belts.
Once you have connected the top tethers and are locking the seatback into position, adjusting the top tethers is a little tricky with space around the headrests.
I haven't put the Ford Ranger through full BabyDrive testing yet, but I have had a look inside one and it's essentially the same design as the Mazda BT below with a one-piece backrest that is released by pulling a strap on the driver's side, and space in the cab is about identical too. The reason it ranks above the Mazda is that it has ISOFix in both outer rear seats and the top tether anchorages are actually installed from the factory!
This means I rank it above the Mazda for ease of child seat fitting! Also, like the BT In the VW Amarok, there are ISOFix points in the two rear outer seats and they are well hidden within slits in the seat fabric at the back of the seat bases. They are clearly labelled but it could be a little tricky to locate the bars within the slits, especially on models with leather upholstery which doesn't easily stretch to let the ISOFix clip in.
There are three metal top tether anchorages situated on the back of a one-piece backrest. So you have to bring the whole backrest forward.
To do this you have to move both front seats backrests and bases into their furthest forward positions. Then there is a tab on either end of the rear backrest which both need to be pulled at the same time so you either need two people, one at each end or if you are shorter like me you can stand in the back footwell straddling the central console box and pull both tabs at the same time to drop the backrest forward.
They are hard to pull, I found it difficult the first few times but soon built my strength over the three weeks we had the Amarok the backrest is heavy when it drops forward also.
You cannot rest the seat back in its upright position without it clicking back into place. So I found it best to use a wedge rested in the mechanism whilst I installed the child seats, connected the ISOFix and top tethers and then took the wedge out when I was ready to lock the seat-back into position. I found it worked better to install all your child seats at the same time while you have the backrest down, connect all your top tethers, then rest the seat-back in position using a wedge in the mechanism, install the ISOFix, remove the wedge and lock seat-back into position then adjust ISOFix and top tether straps.
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