Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 2, March/April 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – After years of resisting, the National Highway Traffic Administration has published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the rearview mirror standard to actually include a performance standard for the rear view. The agency also solicited public comment on the [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 2, March/April 2009 ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Matthew Ranfone was only two years old when he slipped out of his Orlando home, into an enclosed patio area and through a pool fence into the backyard pool. His parents found him minutes later floating face down. Matthew died 13 [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 VINALHAVEN, ME – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has opened a probe in December 2008 into the strangulation death of a two-year-old who became entangled in the mesh netting of his crib tent.