Car seats through age seven
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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Your 6-year-old is 45 inches tall. How should she ride?
The rule
Children seven and younger ride in a child car seat, in the back. From age 8, or from 57 inches tall, a child may use an adult seat belt if it fits properly.
Kids seven and younger ride in back, in a car seat. At age 8, or 57 inches tall, a belt may do if it fits.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 4-7. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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