Boy, is she in trouble... as the adult driving she is responsible for making sure all passengers under 18 are fully seated and wearing seatbelts. and will probably get fined for each one not belted, and get done for overloading as well.... As a taxi driver who has done many school runs, it astounds me that even though there have been many sdverts and tv ads about wearing seatbelts, these mothers (and some fathers) insist on packing as many children into the car as possible for the school run..... then you have a school bus crash and the uproar an be heard for miles... why no seat belts? why 3 to a seat (fit for 2) why? etc etc .... then the same people quite happily stuff 7 or 8 kids into the car. the mind boggles.... on another (slightly) unrelated note, we have a festival here at the minute, and you usually have floats... now... some smart arse has now brought up the subject of health and safety on what is after all, a 40 foot trailer on a lorry with numerous unseated and unsecured humans running about on the things.... never mind they have been doing this for years with no injury, but, after one lorry braked suddenly (its air brakes locked) and sent 18 kids flying, it looks like you can kiss goodbye to random floats at festivals soon...