Road travel is a dangerous business.

There are more and more vehicles on the road, and a growing number of them seem to be driven recklessly by impatient people. So it is vital for drivers to do all they can to protect themselves and their passengers from harm if they should be in a bump.

That is particularly important if those passengers are children. Yet a quick observation of passing cars in Bradford will reveal quite a number in which the children are not restrained at all, including some in which they are allowed to stand up while they are travelling.

Even many of those drivers who do insist on their children wearing belts seem not to realise that there is something else they should be doing as well. They apparently don't know that there is a legal requirement on them to safeguard youngsters by belting them into booster seats.

It is incredible that (according to a survey carried out for Child Safety Week) eight out of ten drivers are unaware of the new legislation which was introduced last September obliging them to use booster seats or cushions for children under the age of 12 who are less than 135cm tall. And it is worrying that of those who do use the seats, 70 per cent have fitted them incorrectly.

There is clearly a need for the sort of roadshows Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust is staging this week at supermarkets around the district. Let's hope they are well-attended so that more of Bradford's children can travel safely.