UlrikeDG
Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
I've been wondering about the exact requirements since my instructor said something contrary to what I'd been told in the past. Fortunately, DH is an MP, and he was able to put me in contact with someone who knew the actual regulation. These are straight out of USAREUR 190-1, and we are required to obey them. Here it is for anyone wondering:
4-4. SAFETY-EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR GERMANY
German law requires the following safety equipment:
a. Emergency-warning devices and first-aid kits. Appendix C <aer190-1c.htm> provides requirements for these items.
b. Seatbelts that meet the following specifications:
(1) Shoulder belts must cross the shoulder and chest, not the face or neck. Lapbelts must be low over the hips, snug, and not twisted.
(2) German law states that children 11 years of age or younger, or shorter than 150 centimeters (4 feet, 11 inches), are required to use suitable child-restraint devices that are approved by either Economic Commission for Europe Regulation 44 or by the DOT when these children are transported in a U.S. Forces-plated POV; these children also must be seated in the rear seat if the POV has one.
(3) Children weighing more than 22 kilograms (48 pounds) will use booster seats or other suitable approved devices designed for use with a vehicle's three-point (lap and shoulder) seatbelts.
(4) Booster seats will not be used with two-point seatbelts (lapbelts).
(5) Owners of POVs equipped only with two-point seatbelts in the rear seats should consider having three-point systems professionally installed.
(6) POVs equipped only with two-point seatbelts in the rear seats must transport a child weighing over 22 kilograms (48 pounds) in a suitable approved device secured in the front seat with a three-point seatbelt. Additional children weighing over 22 kilograms (48 pounds) will be secured using the two-point seatbelts in the rear seat.
4-4. SAFETY-EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR GERMANY
German law requires the following safety equipment:
a. Emergency-warning devices and first-aid kits. Appendix C <aer190-1c.htm> provides requirements for these items.
b. Seatbelts that meet the following specifications:
(1) Shoulder belts must cross the shoulder and chest, not the face or neck. Lapbelts must be low over the hips, snug, and not twisted.
(2) German law states that children 11 years of age or younger, or shorter than 150 centimeters (4 feet, 11 inches), are required to use suitable child-restraint devices that are approved by either Economic Commission for Europe Regulation 44 or by the DOT when these children are transported in a U.S. Forces-plated POV; these children also must be seated in the rear seat if the POV has one.
(3) Children weighing more than 22 kilograms (48 pounds) will use booster seats or other suitable approved devices designed for use with a vehicle's three-point (lap and shoulder) seatbelts.
(4) Booster seats will not be used with two-point seatbelts (lapbelts).
(5) Owners of POVs equipped only with two-point seatbelts in the rear seats should consider having three-point systems professionally installed.
(6) POVs equipped only with two-point seatbelts in the rear seats must transport a child weighing over 22 kilograms (48 pounds) in a suitable approved device secured in the front seat with a three-point seatbelt. Additional children weighing over 22 kilograms (48 pounds) will be secured using the two-point seatbelts in the rear seat.
