Louisiana permit test: seat belts & equipment
Seat belts, child restraints, air bags, mirrors and required equipment. 6 questions.
Who must wear a safety belt under Louisiana's seat belt law?
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Sample seat belts & equipment questions
Who must wear a safety belt under Louisiana's seat belt law?
- A Everyone in both the front and back seats
- B Only passengers under 18
- C Only the driver
- D Only the driver and any front-seat passengers
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A. Everyone in both the front and back seats
Louisiana's mandatory safety belt law requires everyone in both the front and back seats of cars, vans and pickup trucks to be properly buckled. Unbelted back-seat passengers can be thrown into others or ejected in a crash.
Under Louisiana's child passenger law, how long must a child ride in a rear-facing car seat?
- A Until the child weighs 20 pounds
- B From birth to at least 4 years
- C From birth to at least 1 year
- D From birth to at least 2 years
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D. From birth to at least 2 years
Louisiana's R.S. 32:295 requires children from birth to at least 2 years to ride in a rear-facing, federally approved car seat. Rear-facing seats best protect a young child's head, neck and spine.
A 6-year-old has outgrown the height and weight limits of their forward-facing harness car seat. Under Louisiana law, how must the child ride?
- A In the front seat with an adult belt
- B With the adult seat belt alone
- C Back in a rear-facing car seat
- D In a belt-positioning booster seat
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D. In a belt-positioning booster seat
Louisiana law says a child at least 4 who has outgrown the forward-facing seat's height or weight limits must ride in a belt-positioning booster seat. A booster raises the child so the adult belt crosses the hips and chest instead of the stomach and neck.
Source: Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (Department of Public Safety and Corrections) website
Under Louisiana law, children younger than what age should ride in the rear seat when one is available?
- A 16
- B 13
- C 10
- D 8
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B. 13
Children younger than 13 must ride in the rear seat when one is available and be properly restrained. Front air bags deploy with enough force to seriously injure children.