Car seat rules will no longer require testing for seats that don't exist

US transportation regulators are removing outdated requirements from car seat safety rules. This means manufacturers will no longer have to test seating systems against standards for car designs that are no longer made.

For decades, car seat safety rules included requirements for vehicle designs that stopped being produced in the 1960s. This meant manufacturers had to spend time and money proving their modern seats met irrelevant standards. Removing these obsolete rules streamlines the compliance process for carmakers.