United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2002_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c818b60b D09002ee1c818b6e1 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency Section 14(g) of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act requires that, by November 1, 2002, a final rule be issued to establish a child restraint safety rating consumer information program to provide practicable, readily understandable, and timely information to consumers for use in making informed decisions in the purchase of child restraint systems (CRS). In response to this mandate, NHTSA is establishing such a program. The program will not impose any binding legal obligations on any child restraint manufacturer regarding the generation or distribution of information. The details of the new program are set forth in a companion document being published today in the Federal Register. The agency is establishing an ease of use rating program at this time. This rating program will enhance the safety of children by informing consumers about the features of child restraints that make child restraints easier to use, and evaluating each child restraint on those features. The agency anticipates that the program will result in more child restraints being used correctly. NHTSA is also evaluating whether to establish two complementary consumer information programs. The first would be based on child restraint dynamic performance. The second would involve expanding the agency's New Car Assessment Program to include consumer information on how vehicles do in protecting child occupants. The agency will be conducting two pilot programs in these areas to assess how to proceed in these programs. 67 FR 67491 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05/02-27998 02-27998 fr05no02-10 RIN 2127-AI65 4910-59-P Docket No. NHTSA-02-10053 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05/02-27998 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/html/02-27998.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/pdf/02-27998.pdf Consumer Information Labeling Motor Vehicle Safety Motor Vehicles Rubber and Rubber Products Tires 4 p. 67491 67494 67 FR 67491 Title 49 Part 575 49 CFR Part 575 RIN 2127-AI65 Consumer Information; Safety Rating Program for Child Restraint Systems; Federal Register Vol. 67, Issue RULE 02-27998 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2003-01-06 Docket No. NHTSA-02-10053 4910-59-P 02-27998 Final rule.

Section 14(g) of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act requires that, by November 1, 2002, a final rule be issued to establish a child restraint safety rating consumer information program to provide practicable, readily understandable, and timely information to consumers for use in making informed decisions in the purchase of child restraint systems (CRS). In response to this mandate, NHTSA is establishing such a program. The program will not impose any binding legal obligations on any child restraint manufacturer regarding the generation or distribution of information. The details of the new program are set forth in a companion document being published today in the Federal Register. The agency is establishing an ease of use rating program at this time. This rating program will enhance the safety of children by informing consumers about the features of child restraints that make child restraints easier to use, and evaluating each child restraint on those features. The agency anticipates that the program will result in more child restraints being used correctly. NHTSA is also evaluating whether to establish two complementary consumer information programs. The first would be based on child restraint dynamic performance. The second would involve expanding the agency's New Car Assessment Program to include consumer information on how vehicles do in protecting child occupants. The agency will be conducting two pilot programs in these areas to assess how to proceed in these programs.

The amendments made in this rule are effective January 6, 2003. If you wish to petition for reconsideration of this rule, your petition must be received by December 20, 2002. For issues related to the ease of use rating program, you may call Lori Miller of the Office of Planning and Consumer Standards, at (202) 366-2191. For issues related to the pilot programs for the dynamic performance of child restraints or for the New Car Assessment Program, call Nathaniel Beuse or Brian Park, respectively, of the Office of Crashworthiness Standards, at (202) 366- 1740. For legal issues, call Deirdre Fujita of the Office of Chief Counsel, at (202) 366-2992. You may send mail to these officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Consumer Information Labeling Motor Vehicle Safety Motor Vehicles Rubber and Rubber Products Tires Motor vehicle safety standards: Child restraint systems Safety rating program; consumer information, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Vol. 67, no. 214 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2002-11-05 continuing daily deposited born digital 235 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05 P0b002ee1809a93d0 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr05no02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-11-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/pdf/FR-2002-11-05.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-11-05/xml/FR-2002-11-05.xml fdlp 67283 67507 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2002-11-05 machine generated eng FR FR-2002-11-05 67 214