Request for Comments To Obtain the Views of the Public on the Use and Effectiveness of Booster Seats

Résumé

This document requests comments from all interested parties on the use and effectiveness of belt positioning boosters (hereafter noted as "booster(s)"), taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of belt positioning boosters with adult lap/shoulder belts versus adult lap and shoulder belts alone. It responds to Section 14(h) of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act, which mandates that the Secretary of Transportation initiate and complete a study, taking into account the views of the public, on the use and effectiveness of automobile booster seats for children, compiling information on the advantages and disadvantages of using booster seats and determining the benefits, if any, to children from the use of boosters with lap and shoulder belts compared to children using lap and shoulder belts alone, and submit a report on the results of that study to the Congress by November 1, 2001. We anticipate that your comments will provide valuable insight as to the public views and perception of booster seats, specifically belt positioning booster seats.