Until what age must a child ride in the rear-facing position, unless the seat's highest weight or height limit is reached first?
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A.
Age 2 Correct
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B.
Age 7
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C.
Age 1
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D.
Age 4
The answer is "Age 2"
New York requires rear-facing until age two, unless the seat's highest weight or height limit is reached first. The older federal one-year rear-facing recommendation still prints on some infant-seat labels from before the standard moved, and that lingering figure is what pulls drivers to C.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Age 7
Seven is the upper end of the booster-seat age range, not any rear-facing figure. This answer reaches for the largest age tied to any child-restraint rule on the manual page and applies it to every earlier stage.
C. Age 1
Age one is not the New York rear-facing threshold; the manual sets the floor at age two. This answer carries over the older federal one-year rear-facing recommendation that still prints on some infant-seat labels from before the standard moved.
D. Age 4
Four is when the child safety seat mandate ends and the booster requirement begins, not when rear-facing may stop. This answer assumes New York lets a child face forward as soon as the car seat itself is no longer required.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Seat Belts, Child Safety Seats, and Air Bags," p.48..
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