Illinois law requires a child to ride in a rear-facing child restraint system until what age, unless the child exceeds specific size limits?
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A.
Age 6
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B.
Age 1
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C.
Age 4
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D.
Age 2 Correct
The answer is "Age 2"
Illinois law, effective January 1, 2019, requires rear-facing riding until age 2, with weight and height exceptions. Age 1 is a leftover from the older national guideline that many parents still repeat from the last time they installed a car seat.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Age 6
Six is well past any rear-facing requirement and closer to the belt-fit transition age. This answer assumes rear-facing runs until school age, mixing it up with school-readiness milestones instead of the statute.
B. Age 1
One year is below the Illinois threshold; the state extended the rear-facing requirement to age 2 in 2019. This answer recalls the older national one-year rule that many parents still cite from an earlier car-seat era.
C. Age 4
Four is past the rear-facing stage; by then most children are in a forward-facing seat or booster. This answer confuses the rear-facing cutoff with the age most families move a child up to a booster.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Child Passenger Protection Act," p.24..
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