Rear seatbelts

[lizziehill]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has fitted rear seatbelts for passengers in their older Romahomes? If so, is it easy/not too expensive to have done?

How does the law stand with respect to carrying passengers if there are no seatbelts fitted?

Thanks,

Lizzie

[Derek]

Hi Lizzie, here is a reply from Ant which is on another thread

ant said:

Hi Jack.
Seat belts in the back of a Motorhome is still not a requirement by law, however as a dealer I am not allowed to sell sideways facing seats as passenger carrying seats, nor am I allowed to fit sideways facing lap belts ( or any other come to that). If you want to carry rear passengers without any belts then it is safer to have them sit just behind the cab seats, many customers have made a bulkhead that fits on the GRP of the seat and to the head board up at the base of the luton area, this would minimise the risk of them being thrown forward into the cab in the event of an impact . If anyone offers to fit belts they will not conform to the BS standards and render your insurance void. You can still insure the van to carry passengers upto the time the law changes on the seatbelt situation ( spring next year).
You might now find some Duo Plus' about on the market which have 4 forward facing belted seats.
Hope this doesn't spook you too much
Ant

[Sotontraveller]

Lizzie - I have a Duo Plus HyLo. This has two removable forward facing, fully seat belted passenger seats behind the driver and front passenger. They fold down to enable the usual full sized sleeper area. I am going away this week and will only need three seats in total so have removed one of the rear seats (on-side). It was extremely simple to release - unbelievably heavy to take out of the van. I did not do this myself !!!!!

The reason for the two extra seats: two small grandchildren, one still in a baby seat.

All the best.

[lizziehill]

Thanks for the advice, and sorry for the slow reply!