Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 6.11.2001

Consumer Information; Safety Rating Program for Child Restraint Systems

Section 14(g) of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act requires that, by November 2001, a notice of proposed rulemaking be issued to establish a child restraint safety rating consumer information program to provide practicable, readily understandable, and timely information to consumers for use in making informed decisions in the purchase of child restraint systems (CRS). In response to this mandate, NHTSA is proposing to establish such a program. The program would not impose any binding legal obligations on any child restraint manufacturer regarding the generation or distribution of information. The details of the new program are set forth in a companion request for comments being published today in the Federal Register. In developing the program, NHTSA reviewed existing rating systems that other countries and organizations have developed, and conducted its own performance testing to explore a possible rating system for child restraints. In the request for comments, the agency has tentatively concluded that the most effective consumer information system is one that gives the consumer a combination of information about child restraints