Florida law requires safety belts to be worn by which of the following?
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A.
Only drivers under age 18 and their passengers.
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B.
All occupants of any vehicle, regardless of seat or age.
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C.
All drivers, front seat passengers, and passengers under age 18. Correct
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D.
Only front seat occupants, regardless of age.
The answer is "All drivers, front seat passengers, and passengers under age 18."
Florida names drivers, front seat passengers, and anyone under 18 in any seat as required to buckle up. A test-taker who assumes the belt law reaches every seat and every age in Florida picks the sweeping option B, but the manual draws its line at the front seats and at age 18 for rear passengers, not at the whole vehicle.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only drivers under age 18 and their passengers.
Narrows the belt rule to teen drivers when Florida applies it to every driver regardless of age. This answer reads the under-18 clause as describing the driver, when it actually names which back-seat passengers must buckle.
B. All occupants of any vehicle, regardless of seat or age.
Extends the rule to every seat and every age, wider than Florida writes it. This answer applies the safer habit of buckling everyone as if it were the printed rule, missing that Florida stops at front seats and under-18 for rear.
D. Only front seat occupants, regardless of age.
Drops the under-18 rear-seat clause the manual adds to the front-seat rule. This answer recalls the front-seat half of the rule and forgets that back-seat passengers under 18 are named separately.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Florida Law Requires," p.28..
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