Are you allowed to carry a child over 150 cm in height in the front seat of a lorry cabin?
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Correct answer
A. Yes.
Explanation
In the photo a lorry with a crane is driving with a long timber load on a stake trailer. You are allowed to carry a child over 150 cm tall in the front seat in the cab of a lorry - answer A.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits carrying a child who is less than 150 cm tall in the front seat without a child seat or other restraint device, and a child seat itself is required only for a child below this height carried in a vehicle of category M1, N1, N2 and N3 fitted with seat belts or restraint devices. So a child taller than 150 cm travels like an adult passenger - wearing a seat belt, if the vehicle is fitted with them - and may sit in the front seat in the cab, which is why answer B goes too far. Answer C is ruled out: carrying anyone on another person's lap breaks the rule that the number of people carried must not exceed the number of seats in the vehicle registration certificate, and in a collision such a child has no protection at all.
Legal basis: Art. 39 para. 1 and 3, Art. 45 para. 2 point 6 and Art. 63 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)