On August 4, 2008, NHTSA will publish a notice in the Federal Register that amends FMVSS 213 by changing the date that child restraints must be tested using the Hybrid III version of the 6-year old child dummy. NHTSA is postponing the August 1, 2008 deadline to August 1, 2010 in order to provide itself more time to consider comments on seating procedures proposed earlier in 2008 for the dummy and to complete an evaluation of technical issues relating to the use of the Hybrid III dummy with FMVSS 213. As a result, FMVSS 213 will permit, at the manufacturer’s option, the use of either the Hybrid II or Hybrid III 6-year old dummy in compliance tests of child restraints manufactured on or before August 1, 2010. Child restraints manufactured on or after August 1, 2010 will be tested with the Hybrid III 6-year old child test dummy.
Petitions for reconsideration must be filed no later than Sep. 18, 2008.
Docket reference: NHTSA-2008-0137.
NHTSA contacts: Shashi Kuppa, Office of Rulemaking (202) 366-1740 and Deirdre Fujita, OGC, 2020-366-2992.
