16 replies to this topic

[bennivory]

iv heard some people say you are allowed to carry 4 and some say you are allowed to carry 5, if anybody knows please tell me, cheers, benn

[bristolminimad]

i would say 4 as there are only 4 seat belts. no seat belt = fine so i'd stick with 4

[redhotmini]

you should only carry 4, but you could get away with 5 if there are 5 seatbelts fitted (unless your car was built before rear seat belts were factory fitted)

[Dan]

The Mini is and always has been a 4 seat car. There are only 4 seats, the fact that it wasn't recorded on the logbook for many years means nothing. The opinion of the Police is likely to be that there are only 4 seats. All cars built after 1987 are required to have seatbelts for all forward facing seats, only 4 belts were ever fitted so there are only 4 seats.

[HARBER07]

So if you have no rear seat belts does that mean you can have 5 then?

[Dan]

That doesn't even warrant an answer....

[ian]

Lol, so because there wasnt any belts in the back when built and still none fitted you could get as many people on the seat as possible, i reckon you could squeeze at least 6 or 7 in there........

sorry couldnt resist that

[Edmonds87]

Lol, so because there wasnt any belts in the back when built and still none fitted you could get as many people on the seat as possible, i reckon you could squeeze at least 6 or 7 in there........

sorry couldnt resist that

My idiot of a mate fitted 6 in his and drove . Thankfully i wasn't in the car!

[bennivory]

its a 1973 1275gt, there are none fitted as standard, should i take it that im only allowed 4

[ian]

yep 2 in the front and 2 in the back im afraid

[Bungle]

+a small one in the boot

[miniboo]

and there is room for a badger in each rear side pocket and a small family of otters under the rear seat.

[Jimmyarm]

Think its worth noting that you should only be carrying 4 people irrespective of if there are seatbelts fitted or not, the number of people in the car seriously effects the handling and stopping distances. Adding more weight to a car than it was designed to carry is a recipe for disaster !

It appears that a lot of young people dont understand this, particularly those that drive saxo's who seem to regularly crash them when they are full !

[Edmonds87]

It appears that a lot of young people dont understand this, particularly those that drive saxo's who seem to regularly crash them when they are full !

Ha Ha. A chav put his into the front of a shop by me, think that was fully loaded aswell. No doubt the ******* had been necking some white lightning down the local train station before hand as the shop is down a straight road

[Jimmyarm]

It appears that a lot of young people dont understand this, particularly those that drive saxo's who seem to regularly crash them when they are full !

Ha Ha. A chav put his into the front of a shop by me, think that was fully loaded aswell. No doubt the ******* had been necking some white lightning down the local train station before hand as the shop is down a straight road

Its quite sad really, interestingly enough when you learn to drive & do your theory nothing about this is mentioned !