Compulsory child car seat by 2020 – Loke

KUALA LUMPUR: Child car seats will be made compulsory for all private cars by 2020, Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said.

Before then, he said, the ministry will conduct awareness programmes throughout 2019 to educate the public on the importance of these seats.

“Our plan is to launch advocacy and awareness programmes by early next year, before we can implement the mandatory requirement (child seat) to the drivers,” Loke said.

He added that the initial plan was to impose the mandatory requirement for child seats this year, but this was postponed to 2020 following discussions with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS).-Bernama