we are working very closely with our colleagues at nhtsa. their collection has and -- data collection has ended. we are partnering with nhtsa to explore how we can leverage to the infrastructure of the latch system to create a national resource a child crashed surveillance. nass child occupant special study, and we are working on feasibility studies and pilot studies funded by industry and insurance institute to help us evaluate the feasibility. the vision is a natural resource all stakeholders in child passenger safety can access. it would be nationally representative. it would leverage the existing infrastructure and be a partnership between government, industry, and researchers to improve motor vehicle safety for children. and it is important nhtsa be given the resources to be able to create this data source. it is financial and people resources that need to be devoted to this important issue and there needs to be new resources. we can't take away from other important programs to devote resources to this issue. so, i would like to end by

earlier nhtsa research found that hybrid and electric vehicles are two times more likely to be involved in a pedestrian collision at a low speed than conventional vehicles. blind pedestrians are among the most vulnerable, but sightless seniors and children are also among those greatly affected as the number of hybrid and electric vehicles on the road increases. the bill before us offers a straightforward solution directing the national highway traffic safety administration to create a standard for hybrid and electric vehicles to emit appropriate conforming sounds when traveling at low speeds. in addition, the bill gives the agency three years to develop the standard, gives manufacturers a three-year phase-in period, calls on nhtsa to consider the overall community noise impact and protects against the unauthorized disabling modification or replacement of the sounds. i am pleased that this bill has received strong support from the national federation of the blind and the alliance of automobile manufacturers. i commend manufacturers of hybrid and electric vehicles that have already steppe

you have the canon article, containment followed up by paul nhtsa nsc 78 that in essence kind of sete framework for the american response to communism and soviet expansion. think in your mind 10 years after nhtsa comes off a mountaintop and how we are going to deal with the soviet union. how many colleges were now offering soviet studies? how many colleges for offering studies in leninism? how many colleges were offering studies in the russian language? take your machines fast-forward and let's go back to today. we are 10 years beyond 9/11. where are you? people in the realm obviously are playing this game but i am thinking more generally throughout american society. how many studies do we have out there? how many arabic language institutes do we have going on? how many serious rigorous academic studies of islam that we have going on at universities across the united states? the whole question of radicalism. the whole question of life in the arab world. we do not have a comparable all of government or all of society heavy lifting for the current conflicts. so you are absolutely right

. >> i must say that yesterday i went on the nhtsa website -- i have a 19 -- a 2003 ford taurus. and i had looked it up on the nhtsa database on their website because i was having a problem with it and i wanted to see if others had the same problem and give me some direction and i found that very helpful. dr. gardener, let me ask you something -- a follow-up on something you said in your testimony. you talked about how, you know, you've been a physician -- i think you said for 37 years? >> yes. >> and that you're seeing different types of injuries today. i guess what you're saying there were injuries that you used to see in children that you just don't see much anymore. could you elaborate on that? >> yes, let me give you a specific example and it's the issue of walkers. a while back walkers had wheels. they were small. in size. they were mobile. children loved them 'cause it made them mobile. parents loved them 'cause it was a hands-free -- turn their back on their kids for a minute. the problem is, my experience was toddlers are drawn like magnets to stairs. an open stairway is

you had the canon article, containment followed up on paul nhtsa, financial security council directiveto in essence kind of set the framework for the american response to communism and soviet expansionism. all right, thinking of my 10 years after nhtsa comes back up in a mountaintop with nsc 68, how we will deal with the soviets, thinking about it, go back, how many colleges are offering soviet studies, how many colleges were not studying marxism and leninism. how many colleges are offering studies and russian language. okay, good. fast-forward to today, we are now 10 beyond 9/11. where are you? not people in a room are playing israel room but i'm talking to more generally throughout american society. how many cities do have out there, how many arabic language does to have going on? at me serious, rigorous studies of islam to have going on in colleges across the message. the whole question of the plight of the arab world. we do not have a comparable all of government are all of society heavy lifting for the current conflict. so you're absolutely right, and i think my messaging was succ

the ease of use ratings with nhtsa. if there is one system that is easier to read it -- to use as a better result in terms of ease of fit, that could be accomplished through regulation. >> i should note that lahood announces a correct fit program. that is the primary situation for parents -- what see do i buy? parents cannot quite -- they have a hard time picking the right seat. if there is some independent source, and i believe certain manufacturers do that. the sun and the to vichy -- aissan and mitsubishi have special department handles that. >> what about research? there is a lot of activity going on. there seems to be the need for more when there are no symptoms in validating them, etc. one is you have a great story because you get side space guns to provide. how great. part of the question is, what is going on that needs to be continued or emphasized further. what is missing? >> the biggest thing, and it was reflected in my comments, is the need for child-specific crash surveillance. we have seen in ovation from t