Greater than two-thirds of motorists consider drivers needs to be accountable for making certain all their passengers put on seatbelts, in keeping with new RAC analysis.

The research coincides with the fortieth anniversary of a UK regulation coming into drive requiring drivers to put on seat belts.

Presently, drivers solely have accountability to verify they and any youngsters of their autos are buckled up correctly – with the latter doubtlessly needing to be in a baby automotive seat or booster seat relying on their age or peak.

The RAC’s analysis suggests this accountability needs to be broadened to incorporate all passengers, with a 3rd of respondents (33%) additionally believing that drivers needs to be penalised within the occasion anybody they’re travelling with is caught not sporting a seatbelt and placing themselves in danger.

1 / 4 of motorists (24%) consider the present regulation – the place a driver might be fined as much as £500 for not buckling up – is just too lenient, with a transparent majority of those (69%) considering that those that break the regulation ought to pay each a high-quality and obtain no less than three factors on their licences.

That is one thing that will come to go because the Authorities said final Autumn it’s contemplating the deserves of introducing penalty factors for these driving with out seatbelts.

4 per cent of drivers – the equal of round 1.7m full driving licence holders in Nice Britain – admit to driving with out a seatbelt during the last 12 months, with round a fifth of those (22%) saying they don’t belt up no less than half the time.

In distinction, 7% of respondents admitted to not sporting a seatbelt when travelling as passengers in different autos. The regulation states there are solely only a few exceptions for not buckling up, together with when deemed medically exempt or when reversing a car.