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This standard originally specified the type of occupant restraints (i.e., seat belts) required. It was amended to specify performance requirements for anthropomorphic test dummies seated in the front outboard seats of passenger cars and of certain multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses, including the active and passive restraint ...
Since then crash dummy characters have continued to be used in seat belt safety campaigns, especially those aimed at children. In the early 1990s, Tyco Toys created a line of action figures called The Incredible Crash Dummies based on the characters from the NHTSA television advertisements.
Non-use of seat belts is a significant risk factor. According to Col. Tom Butler, chief of the Montana Highway Patrol, preliminary 2015 data indicated that 178 of the 224 vehicle occupant fatalities were of individuals not wearing seat belts. [88] The fine in Montana for not wearing a seat belt in 2015 was $20.
Seat belt use reduces the risk of death and serious injury by about half for older children and adults. (CDC) Children under one year old should always ride in a rear-facing car seat.
The terms "active" and "passive" are simple but important terms in the world of automotive safety. "Active safety" is used to refer to technology assisting in the prevention of a crash and "passive safety" to components of the vehicle (primarily airbags, seatbelts and the physical structure of the vehicle) that help to protect occupants during a crash.
Here's what to know about the new rule. When will the new rule be implemented? Front seat belt warning systems must comply with the new rule by Sept. 1, 2026 and rear seat belt warning systems ...
The Department of Transportation is going to mandate rear seat belt reminder systems to be implemented by late 2027 in all new cars as part of ongoing efforts to reduce traffic crash deaths and ...
FMVSS are divided into three categories: crash avoidance (100-series), crashworthiness (200-series), and post-crash survivability (300-series). The first regulation, FMVSS No. 209, was adopted on 1 March 1967 and remains in force to date though its requirements have been periodically updated and made more stringent.