A child under age 2 may be moved out of a rear-facing restraint if the child weighs more than 40 pounds or is more than how many inches tall?
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A.
40 inches Correct
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B.
30 inches
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C.
36 inches
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D.
48 inches
The answer is "40 inches"
The manual sets the height exception at more than 40 inches, paired with a 40-pound weight exception. Drivers who pick 36 inches confuse the statutory cutoff with a growth-chart figure for a typical two-year-old rather than the number the manual actually names.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. 30 inches
Thirty inches falls short of the manual's 40-inch threshold for the size exception. This answer guesses a lower height because a 30-inch child already looks big enough to face forward without checking the statute.
C. 36 inches
Thirty-six inches is still below the height at which Illinois allows a child under 2 to face forward. This answer rounds down from a typical two-year-old's height and treats an average growth figure as the statutory cutoff.
D. 48 inches
Forty-eight inches is above the 40-inch cutoff, so a child that tall would already be past Illinois' rear-facing exception, but the statute prints 40, not 48. This answer reaches for 'four feet' as a familiar milestone rather than the 40-inch figure Illinois names for this exception.
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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