Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 28.01.1999

Anthropomorphic Test Dummy; Occupant Crash Protection

This document proposes to adopt design and performance specifications for a new 3-year-old child dummy. The agency believes that the new dummy, part of the family of Hybrid III test dummies, is more representative of humans than the existing 3-year old child dummy specified by agency regulations. Further, it allows the assessment of the potential for more types of injuries. The new dummy is especially needed to evaluate the effects of air bag deployment on out-of-position children. It would also provide greater and more useful information in a variety of environments to better evaluate child safety. Adopting the dummy would be the first step toward using the dummy to evaluate the safety of air bags for children. The issue of specifying use of the dummy in determining compliance with performance tests, e.g., as part of the agency's occupant protection standard and/or child restraint standard, is being addressed in other rulemakings, most notably the proposed advanced air bag rulemaking currently pending before the agency.