Answers: Buckle-up Basics

1. B.
An unrestrained child in a 50 km/h crash suffers an impact equal to being dropped from a third storey window.

2. B.
Vehicle surveys find that half to 2/3 of child passengers are restrained in some way, many of them incorrectly.

3. C.
Child seat clinics find less than 20 per cent of children in rear-and forward-facing car seats are restrained for maximum protection.

4. D.
All of these are common problems when restraining children in forward-facing seats.

5. A.
Using seat belts and child restraints dramatically reduces the possibility of death and injury in collisions. If you thought any other answer was correct, your child passengers could be in danger.