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Archive for the 'Child Restraints' Category

Study Shows Seat Belt Misuse Among 4 to 9 Year Olds

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 A new study shows that many parents know that adult seat belts do not fit their older children properly, but use them anyway. Researchers from the University of Michigan’s Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit and its Transportation Research Institute set out to determine [...]

Child Safety in Real World Crashes: U.S. Standards Lag

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 2, July 2011 FMVSS 213 Child Restraint Systems is an inadequate standard with a compliance test that bears no resemblance to what happens to children in a crash, according to a slew of child safety researchers at this year’s Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference. Some of the [...]