Staff writer
Starting next spring, it will be illegal for drivers to let small children sit on laps or allow them to move around the inside of a vehicle while it is in motion. The youngsters will instead have to be securely fastened into a child safety seat.
With Japan lagging behind the United States, Australia and other countries in child auto safety for more than 10 years, the Diet enacted a bill in April to revise the Road Traffic Control Law, which requires all children under 6 to sit on safety seats and drivers to take responsibility for that.