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A well-known luxury baby car seat retailer has issued an urgent recall for one of its popular infant car seats.. Nuna Baby Essentials, Inc. announced the recall of approximately 608,786 widely ...
The NHTSA warns that a child may not remain properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury. (Scripps News)
A child safety seat, sometimes called an infant safety seat, child restraint system, child seat, baby seat, car seat, or a booster seat, is a seat designed specifically to protect children from injury or death during vehicle collisions. Most commonly these seats are purchased and installed by car owners, but car manufacturers may integrate them ...
Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., 562 U.S. 323 (2011), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the Court unanimously held that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, promulgated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, does not federally preempt state tort lawsuits against auto manufacturers from injuries caused by a defective lack of ...
Seat belt use in New York state rose from 16% to 57% in the first four months the law was enforced after it was implemented Dec. 1, 1984, with a one-month grace period that postponed fines of up ...
The Nuna REVV has shorter height limits and lower weight limits than other rotating car seats on the market. (For comparison, the Cybex Sirona S and Evenflo Revolve both have a forward-facing ...
Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965.Its central theme is that car manufacturers resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat belts), and that they were generally reluctant to spend money on improving safety.