A BETTER FIT: UNIFORM ANCHORAGE SYSTEM COULD MAKE LIFE SIMPLER FOR PARENTS

Vehicle and child-restraint manufacturers are required to get on the same page on child safety restraints under a final rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that went into effect in September 1999. A new child-restraint system called the Universal Child Safety Seat System is being phased in over 3 years. It requires vehicles and child restraints to provide a uniform anchorage system. The first phase began September 1, 1999, when most new passenger cars rolled off the line with factory-installed tether anchors. Van, sport utility vehicles, and other light trucks will feature the anchors by September 2000. For their part, child restraints now come with tether straps that, when attached to the anchor, hold the top of the car seat tightly in place. The next phase of implementation involves a lower anchorage system.

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• Authors:
  • Kedjidjian, C B
• Publication Date: 1999-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 22
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchorages; Child restraint systems; Children; Infants; Regulations; Safety; Standards; Vehicle components; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779756
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 28 1999 12:00AM