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Advanced scenarios · Lesson 09

Decision workshop · Vehicle, passengers & load

Reason from the conditions, not from a memorised answer. Read the scene, choose, then open the explanation. The drawing is illustrative; the written conditions control the question.

1. Identify the decisive details

Your own child is 5 years old and 120 cm tall. You drive an ordinary car with seat belts, with no other exception applicable. The trip is only two streets. What is required?

Situation diagram
Situation diagramOriginal educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

2. Compare the possible decisions

  1. An adult belt because the child is over 3.
  2. An appropriate approved child restraint.
  3. A rear-seat adult belt because the trip is short.
Show the answer and explanation

Correct answer: B · An appropriate approved child restraint.

A child under 135 cm normally needs an appropriate child restraint. The occasional short-trip exception does not apply when a parent drives their own child. Being over 3 is not by itself an exemption.

3. What changes if the situation changes?

At 135 cm or taller, the child-restraint height condition changes, but the seat-belt duty remains. Read the exact age, height and exception conditions.

Regulatory source ↗35.1.1, 35.1.2Reviewed 2026-11-06

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