Georgia plans to require drivers to use special restraining devices when transporting children. Business outlet BPN reported the measure as part of the approved Road Safety Action Plan for 2026–2027.
The change is not in force yet. The document calls for legislative amendments that would be rolled out in stages, with penalties and public information running alongside the legal text.
Preschool age first
According to the plan, the first obligation would cover younger passengers. “It is planned to introduce legislative changes under which, at the initial stage, the use of car seats for children of preschool age will become mandatory,” the document states, as quoted by BPN.
Later stages — for older children or booster seats — are left to subsequent rules. Reports circulating so far do not set exact age brackets, approved device standards, or the date when fines would start. Drivers would still need the draft law and any implementing regulations before the duty applies.
Fines, law and campaigns
The strategy pairs legal amendments with sanctions for non-compliance. Alongside those tools, authorities also intend to run large-scale information campaigns so parents and other drivers understand how child restraints should be used in a car.
Officials present the package as a road-safety measure. Similar requirements already apply in much of Europe; Georgia’s plan would bring domestic traffic rules closer to that practice, beginning with the youngest children.
Until parliament adopts the amendments, the requirement remains a stated goal of the action plan, not a ticket police can issue today. Families who already use approved child car seats would be in line with the first stage once it takes effect.
