MultiVu Video Feed: 13 Out Of 16 New Boosters Earn Top Rating of BEST BET
Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
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Galaxy 17 Galaxy 17
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Transponder 19 - Slot 4 Transponder 19 - Lower
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KU-Band KU-Band
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Downlink Freq: 12083
Horizontal Downlink Freq: 12071 Horizontal
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Symbol Rate: 3.9787 Symbol Rate: 13.235
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NEWS: 13 out of 16 new boosters earn top rating of BEST BET
FORMAT: B-roll and Soundbites
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STORY SUMMARY:
Thirteen out of 16 new booster seats for 2017 earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's highest rating of BEST BET, bringing the total number of boosters on the market with that designation to 118.
The BEST BET rating means a booster provides good safety belt fit for typical 4 to 8 year-olds in almost any car, minivan or SUV. Boosters that are rated GOOD BETs provide acceptable belt fit in almost any vehicle, while those rated Check Fit could work for some children in some vehicles. Seats designated "Not Recommended" don't provide good belt fit and should be avoided.
Three of the newly rated boosters are rated Check Fit. None are Not Recommended.
Only one current seat -- the Safety 1st Summit 65 -- is rated Not Recommended. Four others that had been were discontinued this year.
Vehicle safety belts are designed for adults, and the job of a booster is to make them fit a child. IIHS has been rating boosters since 2008 on their ability to provide good lap and shoulder belt fit.
IIHS strives to cover the entire U.S. booster market with its ratings. The 16 seats added this year are made up of 12 distinct models; four are rated twice because they are dual-use boosters that can be used either in highback or backless mode.
SOUNDBITES: Jessica Jermakian, senior research engineer, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
B-ROLL INCLUDES: B-roll of boosters being evaluated, crash demonstration footage, and other related footage
VIDEO PROVIDED BY: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
FOR STORY INFO, CONTACT: Russ Rader, (703) 247-1500
FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION OR HARD COPY, PLEASE EMAIL: STREAMS@MULTIVU.COM OR CALL: 800-653-5313 EXT. 3
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/PRNewswire/ -- Nov. 21, 2017/
SOURCE Institute for Highway Safety
