In Taiwan, is it legal to install baby seat (facing backward) at front passenger seat if the car has passenger airbag that can be turned off?
also if put at the back seat (again, facing backward), should it be behind driver or passenger seat?
tks
[quote=“StreetSpec”]In Taiwan, is it legal to install baby seat (facing backward) at front passenger seat if the car has passenger airbag that can be turned off?
also if put at the back seat (again, facing backward), should it be behind driver or passenger seat?
tks[/quote]
According to the web it’s supposed to be behind the driver’s seat.
And with regards to the rest. Since the norm here is to have the baby on your lap…possibly while actually driving. I don’t think there is a single police man in all of Taiwan that would care if it was in the front seat or not.
Never heard of any child seat that they recommend for the front seat. I don’t remember seeing one, here or in the UK. As for where in the back seat it goes, it depends on the manufacturer – ours only goes slap-bang in the middle.
As for if its legal here, of course it is --after all, its far less dangerous than the Taiwanese way of having your kids stand on the seat with their upper bodies hanging out of the sunroof.
We bought a Combi (car seat) and the instructions said to put it behind either the driver or passenger seat with the baby facing backward up to the age of one, and foward atfter that. We followed the instructions to the letter and the baby seemed to have no problems.
thks for the reply guys…
what I mean is to put the infant seat (u know the one that u can carry) in the front…I understand that some countries allow it BUT only if your passenger airbag can be diactivated…See here aap.org/family/Carseatguide.htm and then go to “infact-rear facing” and go to “tips” section…any regulation regarding this here in twn?
[quote=“StreetSpec”]thks for the reply guys…
what I mean is to put the infant seat (u know the one that u can carry) in the front…I understand that some countries allow it BUT only if your passenger airbag can be diactivated…See here aap.org/family/Carseatguide.htm and then go to “infact-rear facing” and go to “tips” section…any regulation regarding this here in twn?[/quote]
I believe the only regulation is that children are supposed to be in child seats. Ages, weights and sizes I can’t be quoted on however, and I’m not even sure there are regulations regarding these.
I don’t think there is any such regulation.
We put the baby seat in the back simply because we (wrongfully?) believe it’s safer than the front. But I have seen people with the baby seat in the front passenger seat.
I certainly wouldn’t do it.
[quote=“Anubis”]I don’t think there is any such regulation.
We put the baby seat in the back simply because we (wrongfully?) believe it’s safer than the front. But I have seen people with the baby seat in the front passenger seat.
I certainly wouldn’t do it.[/quote]
Back is much safer than front. No debate there.
Rear-facing rear-mounted seats have been proven without doubt to be the safest (see here: http://www.rearfacing.co.uk/facts.php). I don’t see any practical reason for putting a small infant in the front seat and given the safety benefits of being in the rear seat it’s a no brainer.
I’m glad to notice more and more car seats installed out here in Taichung but unfortunately many of them are front-seat forward-facing (and the airbag has probably NOT been switched off given that there is little education about car seats and why airbag + child = disaster). Things are going in the right direction at least.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money on a car seat - better a cheap one than not at all. Ours was $8,000 for a combi stroller / car seat from newborn up to 12 months. I think the car seat was about $3000 on its own so it works out less than $300/month. Most (all?) seats designed for this age are strictly rear-facing only.
Actually it can be in an only driver plus single infant scenario, as the driver has more immediate access to the infant in cases of choking or vomiting during travel. Having said that the most effective safety seats for infants are ISOfix seats which are rear seat fixing only (not all models of car offer these fixings though). Front seats may only be belt fitted at this time.
yup that’s my point to put infant seat in the front. However when both my wife and I (almost all the time) are in the car, we put the baby & baby seat at the back seat.
I was looking for that but not easy to find…the one I found was at the VW dealer and it cost $20K! 
…so I went back to combi 
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Hope this helps someone.
Is there a list of cars that have Isofix in Taiwan? I’m pretty sure that my 2010 Fit doesn’t. I’m looking to upgrade seats for my 3 year old all the nice ones have this feature. Another question I have is if LATCH (US) = Isofix (Europe)?
As far as I know there is no list available in Taiwan. Not that I have come across anyway.
The majority of vehicles with ISOFIX will have a tab or small button on the rear passenger seats. If you want to ask about a specific model, then post it to me and I’ll tell you if I can.
thank you for this thread. so the police in taiwan is not particular about baby car seat regulation. my baby can’t sit still on the car seat, so it’s good to know that it’s quite okay to have baby sit on a lap in a car
Please have a look what may happen to kids who are not buckled up (or for that matter any passengers)
There was a similar case in Taiwan Kenting (unfortunately fatal)