Massachusetts families should be aware that a new car seat law will take effect on June 30.
According to the website What to Expect, new car seat regulations are set to take effect soon in Massachusetts, as safety standards are regularly updated. Here’s what the website states about the new safety standard:
The new standard, called Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213a, states that all harnessed car seats that carry children under 40 pounds must also hold up in a 30-mile per hour (mph) side collision crash test. New dummies are being used for compliance testing — these dummies reflect the sizes of a 12-month-old, a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old. The previous standard required these seats to meet the performance criteria of a 30-mph frontal impact crash test simulation but did not have regulations regarding side-impact crash testing…