Carrying a child in a rearward-facing safety seat mounted on the front seat of a motor vehicle equipped with a passenger airbag is:
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Correct answer
C. permitted if the airbag is disabled during transport.
Explanation
The question is about carrying a child in a child seat fitted facing backwards on the front seat of a car equipped with a passenger airbag. This is allowed if the airbag is not active while the child is being carried - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits a driver from carrying a child sitting facing backwards in a child safety seat or another child restraint device on the front seat of a motor vehicle equipped with a passenger airbag that is active while the child is being carried. So the ban is conditional: it is about an active airbag, not about the front seat itself. The passenger airbag inflates at a speed of several hundred kilometres per hour towards the back of a rear-facing child seat - that is, straight at the child's head - and in an accident it can cause fatal injuries even at a low speed. That is why many cars have a passenger airbag switch, operated with the key or from the menu; after it is used, the warning light "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" lights up on the dashboard, and only then may a rear-facing child seat be placed in the front. Answer A is wrong because there is a restriction, and B - because the ban is not absolute.
Legal basis: Art. 45 para. 2 point 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)