Seatbelts and child car seats

MTO Driver’s Handbook: Safe and Responsible Driving, Child safety

As a driver you are responsible for making sure that every passenger under 16 is properly buckled into a seatbelt, a child car seat or a booster seat. Research shows that a correctly used child car seat can reduce the likelihood of injury or death by 75 per cent.

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Practice questions on this card

ON-519How many people may share one seatbelt?
ON-520A driver does not buckle up. What follows?
ON-521A driver does not make sure there is a working seatbelt for every passenger. What can happen?
ON-522Where should the lap belt sit?
ON-523Where must you never put a rear-facing child car seat?
ON-524Which children must use a booster seat?
ON-525Besides weight and height, which event lets a child start wearing a seatbelt?
ON-526By how much can a correctly used child car seat reduce the likelihood of injury or death?
ON-527What is the maximum an installed child car seat may move where the seatbelt or UAS strap is routed through it?