BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is updating federal standards to improve how car seats are tested.
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For many years, manufacturers have tested car seats for front or rear-end crashes. Now, the NHTSA is mandating a standardized side impact crash test for all car seats.
Bill McMahon is an injury prevention coordinator at Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley and an expert on the new guidelines.
“A lot of those side impacts, they’re now actually testing with computer models the same way they do with forward-facing collisions and rear-facing collisions. The biggest difference is this is now mandated,” McMahon said…