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"  Every year, on average five children are killed and 64 are injured in side-impact car crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That is why the NHTSA announced revisions to its child car seat standard that will include new side-impact crash tests last week. The amendment would require car seat manufacturers to simulate side-impact crashes in the hopes of preventing these unfortunate injuries and deaths. The regulations would be applicable for children up to 40 pounds, so NHTSA is proposing using a crash-test dummy that simulates a 12-month-old child and a 3-year-old child. (The latter is still being developed.) This side-impact test would be done to simulate a &amp;quot;T-bone&amp;quot; crash of a vehicle traveling 30 mph striking the side of a small passenger car traveling at 15 mph. The public will have 90 days to comment on the proposal, and then the agency will review and answer those questions. Car seat manufacturers will then have three years to make the necessary adjustments once it is finalized.  In the meantime, be sure to check out our reviews of the best infant, 3-in-1, and convertible car seats. TELL US: What do you think of the new safety regulations? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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