cornish rattler

cornish rattler

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Hi guys

Mates grand son ( 10 year old ) wants to come offroading with us at some point and just thought i would ask as mine is a 1988 county fitted with side facing rear seats ( not bench ) with individual lap / seat belts fitted.

what do you think :)
 
Legally OK but more a matter of comfort/safety and your own view on risk

Personally feel they're safer without the lap belts
 
So far as I understand the main concern with lap belts is injuries caused during head on collisions. Off road the risk of rolling would be much higher and being strapped in would be safer I'd have thought
 
Cheer's guy's yeah i understand what you are saying i certainly wouldn't be doing anything stupid offroad with kid's in the back :)
 
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I thought side facing seats were illegal under a certain age? I put a pair of mini bus seats in the back so the kids are forward facing with seat belts, they're also very sturdy seats that would offer some (?) protection if the worst happened.
 
Can't use any restraints inc lapbelts on sf seats. But ya can carry em unrestrained :eek:
 
AFAIK it's a minimum age or minimum height for using the adult belt.

Legally the whole side-facing seat thing is an example of the law not really being set up with land rovers in mind. Isn't the whole point of a booster cushion is to make the shoulder belt sit properly. If there's no shoulder belt, surely that issue goes away and the standard seat is suitable. It strikes me as monumentally daft that you're not supposed to use the lap belts (which are adjustable for size) to stop kids rolling around in the back, but if the exact same vehicle has no seatbelts fitted that's fine. On a bus you can also sit forwards, backwards, sideways or stand up, so clearly they never crash.

If in doubt, put the lad up front (I'm sure he'll think it's great fun).
 
I put coach seats in my 90 a couple of years ago; they are from Rescroft and called Defender III, a coincidence i think.... Put in a 3 MM steel plate on the whole of the rear floor and another steel plate underneath the tub so it stops the rear legs of the seats pulling forward in case of a crash. I also put in rear arch mods that make them like the 2007 Defender model, allows seats to be mounted further apart so there is rear access between them,






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i also did the center bulkhead mod to lower it, removed middle seat and put in a low cubby box so the kids can climb out front if need be.
 
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