South Carolina permit test: seat belts & equipment
Seat belts, child restraints, air bags, mirrors and required equipment. 7 questions.
South Carolina has a primary seat belt law. What does that mean?
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Sample seat belts & equipment questions
South Carolina has a primary seat belt law. What does that mean?
- A Only the driver must wear a belt, not passengers
- B Belts are required only on highways and interstates
- C An officer may stop you just for an unbelted occupant
- D You can be cited for no belt only after another stop
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C. An officer may stop you just for an unbelted occupant
Under South Carolina's primary safety belt law, an officer may stop a driver after clearly seeing a driver or occupant not wearing a belt or not secured in a child restraint. No other violation is needed.
How should a shoulder belt be worn?
- A Loosely, with a few inches of slack for comfort
- B Across the shoulder and chest with little or no slack
- C Under the arm so it does not rub your neck
- D Behind your back, using only the lap belt
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B. Across the shoulder and chest with little or no slack
The shoulder harness goes across the shoulder and chest with minimal slack, and the lap belt should lie snug and low across the hips. Wearing the belt wrong can cause serious internal injuries in a collision.
A 5-year-old has outgrown a forward-facing harness seat but is shorter than 57 inches. Under South Carolina law, how must the child ride when the vehicle has a rear seat?
- A In the front seat with an adult seat belt
- B In the back seat with only a lap belt
- C In any seat, as long as an adult holds them
- D In a belt-positioning booster seat in a rear seat
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D. In a belt-positioning booster seat in a rear seat
A child at least 4 who has outgrown a forward-facing harness seat must ride in a belt-positioning booster seat in a rear seat until an adult belt fits, at age 8 or 57 inches. A child under 8 may ride in front only if there is no rear seat or all rear seats are taken by younger children.
Where must you never place a rear-facing child safety seat?
- A In front of an air bag
- B In the middle of the back seat
- C Behind the driver's seat
- D In a second-row captain's chair
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A. In front of an air bag
A deploying air bag can seriously injure a child in a rear-facing seat. The seat must be installed properly and never placed in front of an air bag.