Roadwise States Wyoming Driving lessons Child restraints and booster seats Wyoming driving lesson · Seat Belts, Alcohol & Drugs
Child restraints and booster seats A 4-minute lesson from the Wyoming course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 4 minutes
Course unit Seat Belts, Alcohol & Drugs
Checkpoint questions 6
Source pages 30, 31 Wyoming's child restraint law covers every child who hasn't turned nine. It applies to every driver, resident or not, and an officer can pull you over just for an unbuckled child.
9th birthday Children younger than this must ride in a child restraint
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Key points of the law: Applies to all drivers, both residents and non-residents Applies to privately owned, leased or rented noncommercial passenger vehicles The restraint must be installed and the child secured per the manufacturer's instructions The restraint must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 Handbook p. 30 ↗ Know the rule
The child must ride in a seat other than the front seat, except in a vehicle with one row of seats or when all safety belts are used by other child passengers.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Know the rule
Never place a child in a rear-facing infant seat in front of an active airbag.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Primary offense Non-use or misuse of a child restraint is reasonable suspicion for an officer to stop your vehicle and investigate.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Exemptions: The lap and shoulder belt fit the child properly across the collarbone, chest and hips A physician's signed statement, carried in the car, says the child shouldn't use a restraint Vehicles built without belts: passenger vehicles before MY1967, vans and trucks before MY1972 Emergency and law enforcement vehicles School buses and public transportation vehicles made without seat belts The driver is rendering aid or assistance to the child, parent or guardian Handbook p. 30 ↗ Booster seat hints: A belt-positioning booster protects a child over 40 pounds; check its weight and height limits Seat has a head rest: use a low-back booster, head rest at the middle of the child's head No head rest: use a high-back booster to protect the head Lap-only belt: other options must be considered Handbook p. 31 ↗ To fit a seat belt without a booster, a child must: Keep back and buttocks against the vehicle seat back Have the shoulder belt snug over the chest and the lap belt low across the hips/upper thigh Keep knees completely bent over the edge of the seat Keep feet flat on the floor and stay seated this way for the entire trip Handbook p. 31 ↗ Proper fit of a safety belt Put it into practice
You're taking your 7-year-old nephew in your single-cab pickup. Because the truck has only one row of seats, he may ride in front, properly restrained. He must never ride in a rear-facing seat in front of an active airbag.
A useful reminder Under 9 = child restraint. First fine up to $60 (waivable), then up to $110.
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.
Wyoming's child restraint law is a primary offense, meaning non-use alone is reasonable cause to stop a vehicle. True False Answer: True
Non-use or misuse of a child restraint is a primary offense and is reasonable suspicion for stopping a vehicle.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Until what birthday does Wyoming's child restraint law apply to a child? The child's sixth birthday The child's ninth birthday The child's twelfth birthday The child's fifteenth birthday Answer: The child's ninth birthday
The Wyoming Child Restraint Guide applies to a child who has not reached his or her ninth birthday.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ What is the maximum fine for a first-offense child restraint violation? $25 $110 $60 $200 Answer: $60
The maximum fine for a first offense is $60, which is waived upon proof of purchase of an approved restraint.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ What is the maximum fine for a second or subsequent child restraint violation? $60 $150 $75 $110 Answer: $110
The maximum fine for a second and subsequent offense is $110.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Where must a child in a rear-facing infant seat never be placed? In front of an active airbag In the third row of a minivan In the center rear seat Behind the front passenger seat Answer: In front of an active airbag
A child in a rear-facing infant seat shall not be placed in front of an active airbag.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ A child under 9 rides in a pickup that has only one row of seats. Where may the child ride? In the front seat, properly restrained Nowhere; the pickup can't carry the child In the front seat only if over 40 pounds In the front seat without a restraint Answer: In the front seat, properly restrained
Children under 9 must ride in a seat other than the front seat, except in vehicles with only one row of seats; they must still be properly restrained.
Handbook p. 30 ↗ Previous lesson The seat belt law Next lesson Alcohol and your BAC More in Seat Belts, Alcohol & Drugs About the source Roadwise’s Wyoming course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 30, 31. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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