The manual states one absolute rule about rear-facing infant safety seats. What does it forbid?
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A.
Never use them for infants over six months old
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B.
Never place them in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger-side air bag Correct
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C.
Never install them without a certified technician present
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D.
Never place them in any seat that has a lap-only belt
The answer is "Never place them in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger-side air bag"
The manual bans placing a rear-facing infant seat in the front of a vehicle with a passenger-side air bag, because the deploying bag can strike the infant's head with lethal force. Drivers who reach for the lap-only-belt answer are applying a separate concern about which belt type secures the seat to a rule that is actually about seat position relative to the air bag.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Never use them for infants over six months old
Six months is not an automatic cutoff in the North Carolina manual. The manual tells you to read and follow the manufacturer's instructions for the safety seat, and the age or weight at which a child transitions out of rear-facing is set there, not by a fixed six-month mark. Treats a widely repeated age milestone as a legal cutoff the manual never sets.
C. Never install them without a certified technician present
The manual recommends following the seat's instructions and points readers to a research center for information, but it does not require a certified technician to be present at installation. Mistakes a free community service some drivers have used for a rule the manual puts in writing.
D. Never place them in any seat that has a lap-only belt
A lap-only belt can secure a rear-facing child seat when the child-seat and vehicle manufacturers' instructions permit it; the presence of that belt type does not itself prohibit installation. The absolute rule concerns seat position relative to a passenger-side air bag, not belt type. Carries over the lap-and-shoulder-belt preference for older child restraints and treats it as a blanket ban on lap-only belts.
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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