Child car seats may soon be offered as an optional accessory with new car purchases by the end of 2016. The Malaysian Road Safety Department (JKJR) has stated that it will put forth the proposal to car manufacturers soon.
In a report by The Sun Daily, the department’s director-general Datuk Arifin Che Mat said he will engage with participants in the automotive industry after Hari Raya Aidilfitri to discuss the likelihood of making child car seats more affordable to the masses.
“Our aim is to talk to national car manufacturers – Proton and Perodua, foreign car companies as well as child car seat distributors. If the car companies agree to our proposal, we believe it can increase the demand for child car seats and reduce prices,” he explained, adding that car dealers could offer discounts for child car seats to parents when ordering a new a car.
Arifin is also steadfast in “encouraging parents to buckle up their children while travelling” in the next 12 months, and has ideas for other road safety programmes in the country. “One step at a time. I want to increase awareness among parents on the importance of CRS,” he said.
One of the more common reasons given among Malaysia parents for not using child seats is that they are too costly to buy. From our own research, however, we’ve found that proper ECE R44-certified child seats can be had for around RM400.
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tak guna bincang2. buat kajian dulu harga pasaran berapa berapa harga cekik… kecualikn cukai kecualikan gst.
Cukai tak mahal pun, tapi kalau ibubapa mau beli kereta import lagi tambah sport rim, lagi tambah accessory, lagi tambah woofer, ni lah orang yang selalu kata ini itu mahal.
with the discussing will be great!
But 1st thing 1st, pls make this item for non-taxable and GST-able!
Agreed. But also some of these new parents can spend 4K for a new mobile phone but can’t “afford” a child seat, nuff said.
Yap, you are right.
I saw some parent able to pay/drive Audi S6, BMW, Mercedes… but unable to pay one times deal for car seat. What a pity for that kid(s).
Better to have the child seat facing the rear than front. Survival is higher for rear facing child seat if there is a frontal accident.
Why don’t P1 and P2 come out with their own child seats. (or do they already have it? I don’t know, I don’t have a child)
If they don’t have, they may use part of that 1.5bil to invest in this market.
They may make it low cost for Malaysians who cannot afford to purchase those high end child seats.