According to the manual's child safety points, how should children age 12 and under be seated in a vehicle?
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A.
Buckled up in a rear seat of the vehicle Correct
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B.
In any seat as long as they are buckled up
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C.
In the front seat if using a booster seat
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D.
Restrained by a lap-only belt in any seat
The answer is "Buckled up in a rear seat of the vehicle"
The manual's child safety points direct children age 12 and under to ride buckled up in a rear seat. Drivers who assume a booster seat unlocks the front row pick choice C, but the rear-seat recommendation applies to the age group regardless of the restraint in use.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. In any seat as long as they are buckled up
Allows any seat as long as the child is belted, but the manual's child safety points pair the belt with a rear-seat placement for this age group. This answer collapses the rule to the general seat belt law, which requires belts in every seat but does not set the rear-seat placement the child safety points add for children 12 and under.
C. In the front seat if using a booster seat
A booster seat does not change the manual's recommendation that children age 12 and under ride buckled up in a rear seat. This answer treats a booster seat as a pass for the front row, carrying over the rule of thumb that any approved restraint makes the front seat fine.
D. Restrained by a lap-only belt in any seat
Substitutes a lap-only belt for the seat-position rule, but the child safety points call for a rear seat. This answer carries over the parent habit of letting an older child sit up front once they fit a belt, forgetting that the age 12 and under rule governs where the child rides, not which belt holds them.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Child Safety Points," p.45..
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