NHTSA side impact requirement

abigaylebelle

Active member
Do you know when the new side impact requirements for children under 40lbs comes into effect? Three years ago there was a discussion about new requirements for manufacturers and that they would have three years to comply.

Also, does this mean that boosters will no longer have 30-33lb minimum weights?
 
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CTPDMom

Ambassador - CPS Technician
Hi! I don't know the answer to that, and wasn't able to readily find the answer for you. So I sent a message to one of our mods/carseatblog writers who did the initial writeup on this.

https://carseatblog.com/?s=nhtsa+side+impact&x=0&y=0

Will get back to you with her response! My guess is this proposal didn't pass, since there was no other news on it that I could find. But, hopefully she'll have the definitive answer.
 

abigaylebelle

Active member
Thank you for doing all of that! I wonder if the smaller dummy is the issue since it looks like the 3 year old sized one works. Seems to me that the forward facing bigger kids have worse outcomes in side impacts so it would be most helpful for those kids.
 

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