Belt up your child

Jersey Police are warning parents to make sure young children are properly 'belted up' in cars.

It follows an incident yesterday in which a motorbike officer spotted a young child sitting on a passenger's lap in the front seat of a van.

The driver's now been charged.

Inspector James Wileman said, "This is a sad example of a child being carried in a vehicle without the safety restraints being used correctly. If you are carrying a child in a vehicle the correct restraints must be used, be that a child seat, booster cushion or a seatbelt of their own.

"The message is simple - if your vehicle is not suitably equipped to carry children, just don’t do it."

"Not wearing a seatbelt, or not wearing one properly, is one of the fatal four driving behaviours which increase the chances serious injury or death on our roads. "