Under Florida law, how must a child under age 4 be restrained in a motor vehicle?
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A.
With the vehicle's lap belt only.
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B.
In the front passenger seat with an active airbag.
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C.
In a booster seat with the vehicle's safety belt.
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D.
In an approved safety seat. Correct
The answer is "In an approved safety seat."
For a child under 4, Florida allows one option: an approved safety seat, with boosters entering the rule only at ages 4 and 5. A reader carrying an older adult-belt exemption over to a child too young to qualify picks A, applying a lap-belt-only setup where the manual sets none.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. With the vehicle's lap belt only.
The manual never allows a lap-belt-only setup for a child under 4. This answer carries over an older adult-belt exemption pattern to a child too young for one.
B. In the front passenger seat with an active airbag.
Under-13 riders belong in the rear, and rear-facing seats are banned in front of an airbag. This answer confuses the parent's convenience of watching the child up front with the safety rule that keeps kids away from front airbags.
C. In a booster seat with the vehicle's safety belt.
Boosters are legal starting at age 4, not before. This answer applies the 4- and 5-year-old booster option to younger children by collapsing the two age tiers into one.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Florida Law Requires," p.28..
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