If you or a member of your family are afflicted by injuries experienced while a passenger in a road accident or highway accident, our consultant injury counsels may just be able to help you claim compensation. Road Accidents Involving Passengers Drivers and motorcyclists have a duty of care to act with consideration for other road users and this includes any passengers that they could be carrying and the passengers of other automobiles. Failure to obey the law and road code can amount to a break of this duty , which in some scenarios may amount in law to carelessness. If a passenger in a bus, automobile, taxi or tram, or a pillion passenger on a motorcycle maintains a private injury in a road accident that was due to the neglectfulness of somebody else, the passenger should be entitled to claim compensation. Passenger Safety There are certain security precautions you can take as the passenger in a vehicle ( or as a driver carrying or supervising passengers ) to decrease the risk of suffering a private injury. You should usually use any restraints provided ( i.e. Seatbelts ), guarantee that youngsters are seated properly, on the appropriate kind of kid seat if relevant and remain as calm and quiet as practical in the journey to avoid annoying or distracting the driver. The laws in relation to seatbelts and kid restraints are like this : Kids Under three Years : must employ the right, well fitted kid restraint, whether in the front or back seat. If there's no restraint available in a taxi, the kid may travel unhampered. No rear facing seat should be employed in the front of a vehicle guarded by active air bags. Kids up to twelve Years or 1.35m in Height ( whichever they reach first ) : must employ the right, well fitted restraint, whether in the front or rear seat. If in a taxi, on a short journey of sudden necessity or if two occupied kid seats stop a 3rd from being fitted, the kid must wear an adult seatbelt if available. Youngsters over 1.35m in Height or of twelve or thirteen Years : Must wear an adult seatbelt if available, whether in the front or rear seat.
Grown-ups and children of fourteen Years or Over : Must wear an adult seatbelt if available, whether in the front or back seat. Anyone above the age of fourteen is legally answerable for wearing their seatbelt.
For children younger than the age of fourteen, the driver is accountable for making certain that the proper restraint / seatbelt is worn.
Drivers should make sure that their passengers only open doors when the car is still and it's safe to do so ( i.e. There aren't any passing automobiles ).
The Motor Insurers' Bureau has launched its 'Stay Insured' campaign, designed to target drivers who may be wavering when it comes to ...
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Charity providing support for road crash victims and carers, advice for road users and information exchange for professionals. Includes details of road ...
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Your Local Police Force - if you need to report a non emergency road traffic accident to a local police force, you can find contact details here. Obviously, in cases of emergency you should dial 999.
