Under what circumstances can you carry a third child, under 135 cm in height, in the rear seat of a car or truck, restrained only by seat belts?
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Correct answer
A. If two children are transported in safety seats and it is impossible to install a third seat and the third child is over 3 years old.
Explanation
The question is about carrying a third child less than 135 cm tall in the rear seat of a passenger car or lorry, restrained by seat belts alone. This is possible if two children are travelling in child seats, a third seat cannot be fitted, and the third child has reached the age of 3 - the answer is A.
The Road Traffic Act allows a third child aged at least 3, restrained by seat belts, to be carried in the rear seat of a vehicle of category M1 (passenger car) or N1 (lorry up to 3.5 t) when two children are being carried in child seats or other restraint devices fitted in the rear seats and it is not possible to fit a third child seat. Answer A repeats exactly these three conditions. Answer B introduces a height threshold of 100 cm, which is not in the Act; answer C requires the child to have reached the age of 15 - such a child is usually over 150 cm tall and does not need a child seat at all. The exception for a third child does not release you from fastening the seat belt and applies only to the rear seat; in the front, a child under 150 cm always travels in a child seat or other restraint device.
Legal basis: Art. 39 para. 3 and 3c of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)