Which of the following is true regarding seat belts and child restraints in vehicles?
- You should never place an infant or small child in the front seat of a vehicle with airbags.
- An airbag can be dangerous to an infant or small child, even in a low-speed collision.
- You should always make sure all your passengers are using a seat belt or child restraint.
- All of the above. ✓
Answer: D. All of the above.
The correct choice is that all of the above are true: keep infants and small children out of the front seat where airbags are, treat airbags as dangerous to them, and make sure every passenger is belted or in a proper child restraint.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says young children should be secured in the rear seat because airbags can injure or kill them in the front, and a rear-facing car seat must never go in front of an airbag. It also says Florida law requires drivers, front seat passengers, and passengers under 18 to wear safety belts, with safety seats or boosters for young children. The belt section says belts only work when worn correctly every time and that airbags do not replace them. That makes the combined answer stronger than any single statement, though the handbook does not specifically say low-speed for the airbag danger.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. You should never place an infant or small child in the front seat of a vehicle with airbags. — Keeping an infant or small child out of a front seat with airbags is true, but picking only this leaves out the other listed truths, so it is not the complete answer.
- B. An airbag can be dangerous to an infant or small child, even in a low-speed collision. — The airbag danger to infants and small children is real in the handbook, but choosing only this statement ignores the belt and passenger restraint rules also listed.
- C. You should always make sure all your passengers are using a seat belt or child restraint. — Making sure passengers are belted or restrained is part of the answer, but by itself it omits the front-seat airbag and child restraint warnings.
Remember it
Think rear seat for small kids, and belts for everyone who rides with you.