The Texas manual lists specific defenses to prosecution for safety belt violations. Which of the following is on that list?
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A.
Passengers riding in the back seat.
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B.
Drivers over the age of 65.
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C.
Anyone driving to a hospital emergency.
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D.
Postal workers on delivery routes. Correct
The answer is "Postal workers on delivery routes."
The manual names postal workers, newspaper carriers, utility workers, solid waste truck workers, certain farm operators, and drivers with a physician's note as defenses to prosecution for the belt law. An emergency-driving exception carried over from right-of-way rules makes C tempting, though the belt defenses list occupations rather than driver intent.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Passengers riding in the back seat.
The back seat is not exempt from the belt law. This answer reads the rear seat as a lower-enforcement safety zone, though the manual applies the belt rule to every belted seat.
B. Drivers over the age of 65.
The belt statute lists no age-based defense to prosecution. This answer applies a senior-driver courtesy familiar from vision-test rules to the belt statute, which prints no age exemption.
C. Anyone driving to a hospital emergency.
No blanket emergency-driving defense appears in the belt section. This answer carries an emergency-driving exception from unrelated right-of-way rules into the belt statute, which the manual does not print.
This question tests your knowledge of Safety Belts & Restraints in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Penalties for Driving Without a Safety Belt," p.64..
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