Clive George wrote:
On 12/03/2012 20:14, Sam Plusnet wrote:
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Sam Plusnet wrote:
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charles wrote:
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Just about to set off in the van.

Me "Put your seatbelt on please"

Apprentice "It's me that gets the fine, not you, you
can't make me"

Enough said.

Not true. The driver is resoponsible for teh front seat
passenger - those in the back seats are responsible for
themselves.

That is complete rubbish.

It's also the law.

see http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/Road_Tr...Law/Seat_Belts

Front seat passenger - driver's responsibility.
Rear seat (adult) passenger - passenger's responsibility.

It's different if the passenger is a child for obvious reasons.

You have just posted a link that contradicts your statement.
Anyone over 14 is responsible for wearing their own seat belt. It
does not matter if they are sat in the front or back seats.

Look again at the "Who is responsible" column.

In every case it is the driver who is responsible.
The one exception is for an adult rear seat passenger - there the
passenger is responsible.

You're wrong - you may need to read it more carefully, but it doesn't
say what you think it says. You've got three basic choices of action,
which are a) acknowledge your mistake, b) ignore it but don't say any
more on the subject and c) carry on insisting you're right. The first
will get you most credit, the last will merely lead to people thinking
you're an idiot.

The table does seem to make an assumption that the driver is actually sat in
a front seat:-)

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Adam