Seatbelt question

[Smiley Man]

Right my mate has a car - a 1982 mk2 cavalier but it has no rear seatbelts

do we need them for it to be legal or was there a certain cutoff date or something?

any help would be great thanks

 

[JRS]

Compulsory fitting of rear belts is for cars built after '87 I think.

 

[penski]

No you don't.

If it didn't have them when it was new then you don't need them now.

Get your ass over to www.retro-rides.com - there's a few nice mkII Cavs on there

*n

 

[Smiley Man]

No you don't.

If it didn't have them when it was new then you don't need them now.

Get your ass over to www.retro-rides.com - there's a few nice mkII Cavs on there

*n

we're planning on giving it a damn good clean up after we've sorted a few patches of surface rust

we've looked in the boot and it looks like there are bolts there where the seatbelts would go, were they never fitted before 1987 or just an option?

 

[saitrix]

we're planning on giving it a damn good clean up after we've sorted a few patches of surface rust

we've looked in the boot and it looks like there are bolts there where the seatbelts would go, were they never fitted before 1987 or just an option?

Normally just an option. Should be easy to add 2 to the rear really.

 

[JRS]

we've looked in the boot and it looks like there are bolts there where the seatbelts would go, were they never fitted before 1987 or just an option?

Compulsory fitment from the factory was '87 on, but I expect they were an option for several years before that.

 

[Smiley Man]

Normally just an option. Should be easy to add 2 to the rear really.

we just want to know if its illegal driving around without them for the time being, we will worry about fitting some once we've polished it

you can tell we've got our priorities right

 

[saitrix]

You can go round perfectly legal with people in the back and no seatbelts as long as the car was made before 1987.

 

[Smiley Man]

You can go round perfectly legal with people in the back and no seatbelts as long as the car was made before 1987.

excellent - just what i wanted to know

its the base L model, so perhaps they were an option higher up in the range maybe?

 

[Lopéz]

excellent - just what i wanted to know

its the base L model, so perhaps they were an option higher up in the range maybe?

Yeah, I think our GL estate had them and that was an 83 model.

 

[Smiley Man]

Yeah, I think our GL estate had them and that was an 83 model.

ah, makes sense now thanks

thanks for clearing that up guys

edit - actually, what if they were fitted when new and someone took them out?

 

[Lead_Head]

Then if you have a passenger in the back, you need to ensure they are wearing a seatbelt.

 

[Lashout_UK]

Sorry, ignore that. It makes no sense when cut and paste

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/05.htm

Regs on seatbelts here, pretty much as mentioned