It is illegal to leave a child age six or younger unattended in a vehicle on a hot day:
- Even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system. ✓
- If they are supervised by a person twelve years of age or older.
- Only if the key is in the ignition.
Answer: A. Even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system.
Yes. It is illegal to leave a child age six or younger unattended in a vehicle on a hot day even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says leaving a child who is six years old or younger unattended in a vehicle is illegal. It allows the child to be left only under the supervision of a person who is at least 12 years old. A child passenger restraint system holds the child in place, but it does not supervise them. The same passage calls leaving children in a hot vehicle dangerous and illegal, and says the inside temperature can rise quickly even if a window is slightly open.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. If they are supervised by a person twelve years of age or older. — If a person twelve years of age or older is supervising the child, the handbook says the child may be left, so that situation is not the illegal one.
- C. Only if the key is in the ignition. — The handbook does not make the key being in the ignition the deciding factor; it focuses on whether the child is left unattended.
Remember it
A safety seat is not a babysitter; someone at least 12 must be watching the child.