How do you transport a child less than 150 cm tall in the front seat of a five-seater passenger car?
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Correct answer
B. In a safety seat or other child restraint system.
Explanation
The question is about carrying a child less than 150 cm tall on the front seat of a five-seat passenger car. You carry the child in a child safety seat or another child restraint device - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act states that in a passenger car equipped with seat belts, a child who is less than 150 cm tall is carried in a child safety seat or another child restraint device that suits the child's weight and height and meets the technical conditions; it is prohibited to carry such a child on the front seat outside a child seat or another restraint device. So the front seat is not prohibited, but the child may sit there only in a child seat. Answer A - a child on a passenger's lap - is prohibited and deadly dangerous: in a collision the adult will not be able to hold the child and will crush the child themselves. Answer C describes a situation that is directly prohibited: a rear-facing child seat must not be fitted on the front seat when the passenger airbag is active, because the inflating airbag hits the back of the child seat and the child's head. A rear-facing child seat in the front is possible only after the airbag has been disabled. The safest place for a child is in the back.
Legal basis: Art. 39 para. 3 and Art. 45 para. 2 point 4 and 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)