| | 49 CFR Part 571, [Docket No. 74-14; Notice 109], RIN 2127 - AG14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The purpose of the option for manual cutoff switches is to ensure that the vehicle manufacturers have a means of accommodating their customers' need to carry rear facing infant seats in vehicles without rear seats or with rear seats that are too small for these devices. |
 | | That commenter stated that until cutoff switches or other devices are adopted, NHTSA should make an effort to inform parents that a car bed is an acceptable alternative, especially since, for medically fragile infants and also for cars with non-compatible rear vehicle belts, a car bed is their only option. |
 | | NACHRI recommended, however, that instead of permitting cutoff switches for all vehicles--and addressing the resulting public education and safety issues--it may be simpler to educate the small number of parents of medically fragile infants to ride with another adult whenever possible or to stop the vehicle periodically to monitor the infant. |
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