Drivers who do not buckle up can be fined and given…?
- One demerit point
- Two demerit points ✓
- Three demerit points
- Four demerit points
Answer: B. Two demerit points
Drivers who do not buckle up can be fined and receive two demerit points.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says seatbelts must be used every time you travel in a vehicle equipped with them. It then states that a driver who does not buckle up faces a fine and two demerit points. That directly supports the answer: the demerit-point penalty for the driver's own failure to buckle up is two points. The passage also mentions penalties for failing to properly buckle passengers under 16, but the question is about drivers who do not buckle up themselves.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. One demerit point — One demerit point is too low for this seatbelt offence; the handbook assigns two demerit points to a driver who does not buckle up.
- C. Three demerit points — Three demerit points is higher than the handbook's stated penalty for a driver who does not buckle up, which is two demerit points.
- D. Four demerit points — Four demerit points is not the penalty stated for a driver who does not buckle up; the handbook says two demerit points for that seatbelt offence.
Remember it
Link 'belt' with 'pair' — two points for the driver who isn't buckled.