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The Long Road to Protecting Kids
Chris Jensen
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thursday, September 30, 2004
After one of the most amazing delays in the history of auto safety, the federal government has finally decided to require automakers to make it harder for small children to kill themselves by accidentally raising power windows.
Starting in October 2008, all light- passenger vehicles sold in the United States must have power-window switches that are "resistant to accidental activation."
CAS Petitions NHTSA for Stronger Fuel Integrity Standard
On January 15, 2004, CAS petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reconsider a final rule issued December 1, 2003, regarding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 301, "Fuel Systems Integrity." The CAS petition cited a number of inadequacies in the new rule, and made recommendations for changes that would truly protect occupants from fire-related trauma. In the petition, CAS noted the following:
CAS Petitions NHTSA for Stronger Fuel Integrity Standard
On January 15, 2004, CAS petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reconsider a final rule issued December 1, 2003, regarding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 301, "Fuel Systems Integrity." The CAS petition cited a number of inadequacies in the new rule, and made recommendations for changes that would truly protect occupants from fire-related trauma. In the petition, CAS noted the following:
CAS Petitions NHTSA for Safe Power Windows
For more than thirty years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has had the opportunity to prevent power window incidents inflicting death and injury by requiring manufacturers to install proper preventive mechanisms, but has neglected to do so. These tragedies could have been prevented had manufacturers been required to install fail-safe technology to ensure that occupants could not be trapped in rising windows.
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Comments on Head Start Child Restraints
Arthur L. Yeager, DMD, MMH
Fellow of the American College of Dentists
33 Park Gate Drive
Edison, NJ 08820
(732) 321-0423
Fax (732) 321-0457
[email protected]
June 16, 2006
Associate Commissioner, Head Start Bureau
Administration for Children, Youth and Families