Seat belts in Europe

The use of seat belts and child seats is MANDATORY.

Seatbelts are not compulsory for:

• drivers when reversing or driving in a parking area, or similar places
• drivers and passengers with a disability
• people exempt for medical reasons
• drivers when transporting a client
• drivers and passengers of priority vehicles, including ambulances
• delivery vehicles or private cars making frequent stops (every 500m or less)
• police and special services transporting detainees
• drivers of defence forces when driving at low speed in exercise areas
• regular transport services where standing passengers are allowed

Child seats are not compulsory for:

• children under 3 traveling in the back seat of a taxi
• children over 3 in the back seat of a taxi, using a seat belt
• children over 3 in occasional transport by car in the back seat
• vehicles where there is no space for a third child seat and the child sits in the back seat wearing a seat belt