Rear facing seats

If a seat belt is fitted it must be used by the person in that seat.

There are exceptions....one being, which may suit your case is...... a doctors note!

HTH.

thank you EJB. obviously by turning seat around, seat belt would become redundant, so wasn't sure where we stood (or sat) legally. 

I would think it would be illegal to do that under the construction and use regulations that the vehicle is manufactured under. The cab seat when turned does not lock in place in my Ducato so it would not be a very safe thing to do in my opinion in any case. Seat belt legislation only relates to forward facing seats. Regards, Roy

again, agree with Roy....dont do it...

our captains chairs have the belts as an integral part of the construction, so if facing rearwards, you could still fix the belt in place.....however, they dont lock in the reversed position as they do when facing forward.

by all means, slide the seat right back and use a small box (or similar) to raise aching legs, but face forwards.....

As indicated by others the seatbelt is installed for that seat so it must be used.

My manual makes it clear that both the driver and passenger seats must face forward. So, whilst it may be legal to reverse the passenger seat, the question is more likely to be is it safe for the passenger. 

In a previous life I owned a Kia Sedona which had seats in the second row that turned and locked facing rearwards. When in this position the legal side provided a lap belt which was deemed sufficient to comply with the seatbelt law.

My second point is that if the passenger turned the nearside seat to face rearwards! Would this not severely restrict the drivers ability to see to the nearside of the vehicle and may even block the viewing of the nearside mirror. To that end I think it should be a 'No' from me...

You could always do as some passengers in vans do and rest you feet/legs on the dashboard

Just don't do it in a Toyota Yaris. You end up having all your clobber thrown on to the front lawn.

You could always do as some passengers in vans do and rest you feet/legs on the dashboard

That's what I do sometimes and I've seen plenty of other MH passengers doing that as well.

Agree with others and would strongly advise against travelling "backwards".  Must admit, thinking about it, I don't think I'd find it comfortable travelling that way.  What about using one of those small fold-up plastic stools in front of the passenger seat, to put feet on?