Travelling children in horse box living

[mums the groom]

Hi guys

I’ve just bought my 1st 7.5 Horsebox it doesn’t have a cut through &. I’m thinking of doing the living with forward and backward facing bench seats with a table in the middle to convert into a bed with seat belts for little ones. Does anyone know if I have to get a cut through to be legal?

 

[blitznbobs]

I believe if there are seat belts it is legal

 

[conniegirl]

I believe if there are seat belts it is legal

Not quite.

There must be a method of communication between the passengers and the cab, be this a cut through, a window etc.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

A friend of mine built a horsebox. He did the living with a set of bench seats from a transit, sprinter and these came with seatbelts. He fitted them in & it was perfectly legal to carry people in those seats. Those who carry people sitting on bench seats in the living without seatbelts are doing it illegally.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Here you go OP, the legal info HERE

 

[PeterNatt]

If the seats are positioned sideways then the seatbelts will not operate correctly and you are endangering the lives of anyone using those seats.

 

[wills_91]

What age we talking? If little enough to still require car seats it's a whole other ballache. I regularly see an "influencer" post videos travelling with babies in a lorry and the car seat set up makes me feel ill ?