DKTKey points on child restraints for the Victoria learner test. Each answer is checked against the official Victoria handbook or road rules; use the practice-question links to test yourself.
Who is responsible for making sure passengers under 16 are properly restrained in a car?
Answer: The driver of the vehicle
The driver must ensure each passenger under 16 is correctly restrained for their age and size.
Practice question 338 · official source
A baby less than 6 months old must travel in which type of restraint?
Answer: An approved rear-facing child restraint
Babies under 6 months must be in a suitable, properly fitted and fastened rear-facing approved child restraint.
Practice question 339 · official source
A child aged 6 months to under 4 years may travel in which restraint?
Answer: A rear-facing or forward-facing restraint with a harness
From 6 months to under 4 years, a rear-facing restraint or a forward-facing restraint with an inbuilt harness is required.
Practice question 340 · official source
A child aged 4 to under 7 years may travel in which restraint?
Answer: A forward-facing harnessed restraint or a booster seat
Children from 4 to under 7 use a forward-facing restraint with an inbuilt harness or a booster seat with a lap-sash belt or approved harness.
Practice question 341 · official source
A booster seat must be used with which type of seatbelt or harness?
Answer: A lap-sash belt or an approved safety harness
A booster seat only works with a lap-sash seatbelt or an approved child safety harness. A lap-only belt is not enough.
Practice question 342 · official source
Your car has two rows of seats and you are carrying a 3 year old child. Where should the child sit?
Answer: In the back row in an approved child restraint
A child under 4 must not sit in the front row of a car with two or more rows of seats.
Practice question 343 · official source
What must a child under 7 years old travel in?
Answer: An approved restraint suited to their age and size
Children under 7 must be secured in an approved, properly fitted child restraint that suits their age and size.
Practice question 344 · official source
Why must a child never be left alone in a parked car?
Answer: The inside can heat up quickly and become deadly
Car interiors heat up very quickly, even on mild days. Children can suffer heat stroke and die.
Practice question 345 · official source
May a driver hold a baby in their arms while driving?
Answer: No, the baby must be in an approved child restraint
A child held in arms can be crushed or thrown in a crash, and a seatbelt around you and a child puts them at risk.
Practice question 346 · official source
In a Victorian car with two or more rows of seats, children under what age must not sit in the front seat?
Answer: 4 years
Children under four must not sit in the front. From four to under seven they may only sit there if all rear seats are taken by children under seven.