Oklahoma driving lesson · Registration, Insurance and Occupant Protection
Seat belts and child passenger restraints
A 3-minute lesson from the Oklahoma course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Seat belts keep you in position to control the car and keep everyone inside it during a crash. Children are especially likely to be hurt or killed, even in a sudden stop, so Oklahoma law requires the driver to restrain young children properly.
Know the rule
Every driver and front-seat passenger must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt. The belt must be factory-installed and meet federal safety standards.
The restraint must be rear-facing until the child reaches 2 years of age, or until the child reaches the manufacturer's weight or height limit for the system.
No child should ride unrestrained, stand on the seat, or stand on the floor in front of the instrument panel. An adult in the front seat holding an infant CANNOT keep the baby from going through the windshield.
You're driving your 6-year-old nephew, who is 4 feet 5 inches tall. He must be in a child passenger restraint system or a seat belt, and because your car has a passenger airbag, seat him in the back.
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.
Until what age must a child be secured in a child passenger restraint system in Oklahoma?
Under 4 years old
Under 8 years old
Under 12 years old
Under 6 years old
Answer: Under 8 years old
Every driver transporting a child under 8 must use a child passenger restraint system.