abckidsmom
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I have a friend who is moving to Greece, and she isn't sure what the laws are.
Does anyone know how to figure this stuff out?
Does anyone know how to figure this stuff out?
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Bare bones minimum.Child Seat Laws in Greece
Children under the age of 10 must not sit in the front seat. Seat belts are compulsory for all occupants of a vehicle.
LOL, just as I thought -- not much for requirements.
Child Car seat laws
Bare bones minimum.
The original source was from Child carseats.org.uk .
Greece and vehicular safety are not really associated with one another. A friend's husband was assigned at a remote site for a year. Some of the crazy stories he told us. It's part of Europe, but more like a Third World country than the USA. :shrug-shoulders:
Have a good car and bring own carseats from Stateside/Canada would be my best suggestion.
hth
Now if she wants to drive in the rest of Europe, she'll have to be ready for stricter situations. IIRC, Germany does require HBB until 12 or something like that. Enforcement is haphazard, but it's on the books. Austria might also require them too. The Car-seat.org.uk would be the best bet to check on them.
Perhaps you can put the fear in her.. seriously, they're worse than Italian drivers because the roads are not marked and they drive horrible clunkers. It is dangerous in the countryside and I'd want to be safe as possible. People DIE there regularly due to traffic accidents.
Wow, thanks for all that info, AdventureDad. The Portugese thing maybe helps me understand her reluctance to pay attention.
I guess I'll see if I can scope out a good hospital for her too. She tends to like the bad ones, even here, as long as they're pretty and the staff is nice....
OK, so I used to be happy for her, getting to live abroad like she's always wanted to...now I'm a little concerned. Her husband is going to be a firefighter on a military installation on Crete, so hopefully they have access to the military "send you home" jets if something terrible happens.
For us who live in other parts of Europe, it's a mystery how Greece ever got in to EU.:twocents:
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