Do you have to wear a seat belt whilst reversing your car?

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No, you can take it off.

Exemptions from seat belt wearing

The legislation provides for a number of specific exemptions from the seat belt wearing requirements on medical and other grounds. Please consult your doctor if you think you should not wear a seat belt on medical grounds.
As for the others these include:-

"(b) the driver of or a passenger in a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for carrying goods, while on a journey which does not exceed 50 metres and which is undertaken for the purpose of delivering or collecting any thing;

(c) a person driving a vehicle while performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing;

Marie C

no you can leave it off but must put it on to drive normally

The Tank

The driver does not have to wear their seat belt whilst reversing.

The Highway Code (follow the link below) will answer all of your questions about the wearing of seat belts.

Here's an extract.

"Exemptions from seat belt wearing

There is a specific exemption from seat belt wearing on medical grounds. There are some other exemptions, for example when reversing.

If you think you should not wear a seat belt on medical grounds, please consult your doctor. He/she will decide and, if warranted, will issue you a formal "Certificate of Exemption from Compulsory Seat Belt Wearing". This must be produced if the police ask you for it. For more information see www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/advice/seatbe...

For more information on the law on seat belt and child restraint wearing, please contact:

Road User Safety Division
Department for Transport
Zone 2/11, Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DR
Tel: 020 7944 2046
Fax: 020 7944 9618
Email: road.safety@dft.gsi.gov.uk"

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Sushi

It depands on what you are doing like if are just parking you don't need to have it on, but if you are driving proporly you might want to put it on but no you don't have to wear seat belt whilst reversing your car.

Bardic

No you don't. It's specifically permitted to take it off when "engaged in a manoeuvre involving reversing", as long as you put it on again when you drive off normally.

spunkymonkey1980

focus

No. But you must put it back after you have completed the manoeuvre which involved reversing. So if you have to turn your car round in the road to face the opposite way, you can take off your seat belt whilst you are shunting forward and backward but you must the put your belt back on before driving away.

Lala

No, you can remove it or put it on as you take off forwards.

lost and looking

no. you can take it off to reverse, but must buckle up again before taking off.

Owen D

NO !

Gordon H

no if it impedes your driving position ie turning around to look behind, but it must be worn as soon as the reversing manouver has been completed. and you go into drive for forward motion

Jen-Lfc

depends if your properly driving the yes
if you just wanna reverse in drive way then no

Cupcakes

Yes because what if you accidentally ran in to something why reversing and started spinning and then stopped and then someone ran into you and you got killed.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

remember,safety first!

UCANTCME

Yes always wherever I am visiting.............................

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