For each passenger under age sixteen who is not properly restrained, what penalty can the driver face?
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A.
$50 to $200 and five points
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B.
$100 to $250 and eight points
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C.
$25 to $100 and three points Correct
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D.
Up to $50 and no points
The answer is "$25 to $100 and three points"
New York attaches a $25 to $100 fine and three license points to the driver for each unrestrained rider under sixteen. Answer D pulls in the up-to-fifty-with-no-points figures from an adjacent bullet covering the driver's own belt violation, folding two separate rules in the section into one.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. $50 to $200 and five points
New York does not attach a two-hundred-dollar fine or five points to this violation. This answer reaches for a heavier penalty on the guess that any offense involving a child must land near reckless-driving territory.
B. $100 to $250 and eight points
New York does not attach a two-hundred-fifty-dollar fine or eight points to a child restraint violation; the rule carries a $25 to $100 fine and three points. This answer inflates the penalty on the reasoning that any violation involving a child must sit near the top of the point chart.
D. Up to $50 and no points
That penalty covers the driver's own belt violation, not passengers under sixteen. This answer folds two adjacent bullets into one and applies the driver's own-belt figures to the child rule.
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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