Who has to wear a seatbelt in a car in Ontario?
Every occupant, each in their own seatbelt or proper seat
Every person in the vehicle must be secured in their own seatbelt, child car seat or booster seat. Never put more than one person in a single belt. It can cause serious injury in a collision.
Why the other answers are wrong
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Only the driver and the front-seat passenger
Back-seat riders are covered as well. Each person in the car is buckled in separately, using a child car seat or a booster if they are still small. The rule counts people in the vehicle, not just the two seats up front.
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Only passengers under 16 years old
This mixes two rules together. The under 16 part is about which passengers the driver is held responsible for buckling in. Everyone in the vehicle, at any age, still has to be belted.
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Only when driving on a highway
The rule follows the vehicle, not the road. If the vehicle has seatbelts, you buckle up every time you travel in it, including a short trip across town at low speed.
Quick way to remember
There are no exceptions by seat position or age here.
Based on the official Ontario MTO Driver's Handbook.
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