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Back seat passengers must be belted too

Every passenger wears a fastened belt or sits in a child restraint, back seat included.

Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 265Asked in road safetyShown in one practice question

What it means

Back seat passengers must be belted too: what is the rule?

This view looks at a car's rear seat from the front, with three people sitting in a row. On the left, an adult wears a sash belt across the chest and earns a green tick. In the middle, a child sits in a restraint with a harness, also ticked. On the right, the adult highlighted in yellow has no belt on at all, and the red cross below marks them as breaking the rule.

What to do

  1. 1

    Check every passenger is buckled before you move off.

  2. 2

    Put children in the right child restraint.

  3. 3

    Never let two people share one belt or hold a child on a lap.

A practice question with this scene

A 30-year-old passenger in your back seat says belts are only needed in the front. What is the rule?

Right.Not quite. The answer is A.

Every passenger aged 16 or older must wear a fastened seatbelt in whichever seat they sit.

Source: Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 265

Common questions

Do back seat passengers have to wear seatbelts in NSW?
Yes. Every passenger aged 16 or older must wear a fastened seatbelt, front or back.
Can a passenger be fined for not wearing a seatbelt?
Yes. A passenger aged 16 or older who is not wearing a fastened belt can be fined.

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