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Visit Leaders and others who drive participants in their own car must ensure their passengers’ safety in line with legal requirements. This includes:
- Ensuring that front and back passengers wear properly adjusted seat belts
- Having appropriate seating in place for children (including booster seating and seatbelt adjustment devices)
- Ensuring that the vehicle is roadworthy and has a valid MOT
- Ensuring that there is appropriate insurance cover for carrying the participants. This will require cover for business purposes. (Heads of Establishment should check this is in place)
If private cars are being used to transport young people the following points should be considered:
- Parents should be informed of the arrangements, to enable them to make an informed decision
- Drivers should be carefully selected, and vetted if appropriate (see Section 4.12)
- It is advisable that the driver is not put in a position where they are alone with a participant
- The Visit Leader should arrange a central dropping point for all participants rather than individual home drop offs
