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Occupant Protection

Sep 2024

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Revise Federal Motor Vehicle Standard 207 for Seating

On July 16, 2024 NHTSA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register addressing direction to the Secretary of Transportation to initiate rulemaking to update FMVSS 207 Seating Systems. The NHTSA partially granted rulemaking petitions which sought changes to improve the safety of children during rear-end crashes. NHTSA denied a petition which sought to require additional warnings instructing adults regarding which rear seating position to place children in. Comments must be received no later than September 16, 2024.