If a child weighs more than 18 kg but is less than 145 cm tall and less than nine years old they must...?
- Sit in the front seat
- Use an approved booster seat ✓
- Use a seatbelt
- Use an approved car seat
Answer: B. Use an approved booster seat
The child must use an approved booster seat.
Why this is the answer
The handbook puts this child in the booster-seat stage: a booster is for a child over 18 kg and is required until at least age nine or 145 cm, whichever comes first. It says the booster raises the child so the adult seatbelt fits across the chest and pelvis, and it must go in the back seat with a lap/shoulder belt. That matches the child described, so an approved booster seat is the required choice.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Sit in the front seat — Sitting in the front seat is wrong because the booster stage says to place the child in the back seat.
- C. Use a seatbelt — A seatbelt by itself is wrong because the handbook says a booster is used with a lap/shoulder seatbelt to get proper fit; the booster is the required equipment here.
- D. Use an approved car seat — An approved car seat is wrong for this stage because the forward-facing car-seat stage is up to at least 18 kg, while this child is over 18 kg and falls into the booster stage.
Remember it
Think: over 18 kg, under 145 cm, before age nine — booster in the back, with a lap/shoulder belt.