A 3-minute lesson from the Delaware course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Wearing a seat belt cuts your chance of being killed or seriously injured in a crash nearly in half. Delaware requires every occupant to be buckled, and the driver gets the ticket for anyone who isn't.
Know the rule
All occupants must be properly restrained in a seat belt or child safety seat. Officers may pull a vehicle over for an unbuckled occupant, and the driver is ticketed for each unrestrained or improperly restrained occupant.
Wearing either part of a lap-and-shoulder belt alone greatly reduces protection. With an automatic shoulder belt, buckle the lap belt too, or you could slide out of the belt in a collision.
Wear belts even if the vehicle has air bags. Air bags don't protect you in side or rear impacts or rollovers and won't keep you behind the wheel; belts and air bags are designed to work together.
Never leave children or animals unattended in a hot vehicle. With windows up and 94 degrees outside, the inside can reach 122 degrees in half an hour and 132 degrees after an hour.
Your passenger tucks the shoulder strap behind her back because it rubs her neck. Ask her to wear it properly: it isn't considered proper belt use, it can cause serious injury, and as the driver you'd get the ticket.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Wearing only the lap portion of a lap-and-shoulder belt, with the shoulder belt tucked behind you, is
acceptable as long as the lap belt is snug
required for pregnant passengers
not considered proper safety belt use and can result in a ticket
only a problem in a crash, not for a ticket
Answer: not considered proper safety belt use and can result in a ticket
Putting the shoulder belt under your arm or behind you is not proper use and can result in a citation.