Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 8.03.1999

Anthropomorphic Test Dummy; Occupant Crash Protection

This document proposes to adopt design and performance specifications for a new 12-month-old infant dummy. The new dummy is especially needed to evaluate the effects of air bag deployment on children who are not properly positioned at the time of a crash, i.e., out-of-position. It would also provide greater and more useful information in a variety of crash environments to better evaluate child safety. Adopting the dummy would be the first step toward using it to evaluate the safety of air bags for infants and very young children. The separate issue of specifying use of the dummy in determining compliance with performance tests, e.g., as part of the occupant protection standard and/or child restraint standard, will be addressed in other rulemakings, most notably the proposed advanced air bag rulemaking.