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birdwatcherChicago Tribune частично прозрел. Car-seat makers enjoy a rare advantage among companies. Theirs is the one children's product every parent, by law, must use. And many parents assume all seats are equally safe, so they choose based on what fits their budget or matches their car's interior.
Бесценное: Some car-seat makers don't even like the word "safety" to describe their product. In the early 1990s, when federal regulators proposed changing the term for car seats from "child restraint systems" to "child safety seats," some manufacturers protested.
Worried about possible lawsuits and the potential to "erroneously increase consumer expectations," an attorney for car seat giant Evenflo Co. wrote to regulators: "It is unfair to create the impression that such devices provide safety."
Предыдущие выпуски: [1], [2].
Бесценное: Some car-seat makers don't even like the word "safety" to describe their product. In the early 1990s, when federal regulators proposed changing the term for car seats from "child restraint systems" to "child safety seats," some manufacturers protested.
Worried about possible lawsuits and the potential to "erroneously increase consumer expectations," an attorney for car seat giant Evenflo Co. wrote to regulators: "It is unfair to create the impression that such devices provide safety."
Предыдущие выпуски: [1], [2].
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Date: 2007-07-15 05:36 pm (UTC)