Back-Over News

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 Mind That Blind Spot Learn about how large the blind spots (blind areas) are behind different size and shapes of vehicles.


Backup Systems Consumers can choose from a wider range of aftermarket vehicle backup systems. Review "Consumers Reports" findings published in the October 2004 issue.

View Point -- The Consumers Union Perspective -
"Cars should be made safer for children." October 2003

Driving Blind October 2003
STUDIES

THE DANGER TO YOUNG PEDESTRIANS FROM REVERSING MOTOR VEHICLES
Michael Paine is a consulting mechanical engineer who specializes in automotive safety and lives in Australia. Review his numerous studies and papers written about the topic of children being injured and killed in backover incidents.

"Pedestrian Injuries to Young Children", California Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Pervention for Injury Control (EPIC) Branch study May 2002"

"Driveway Injuries in Children: Risk Factors, Morbidity, and Mortality Pediatrics 2001"

"Driveway motor vehicle injuries in children, New South Wales, Australia, MJA 2000"

"Rollover Injuries in Residential Driveways: Age-related Patterns of Injury, Pediatrics, 1999"

NEWS - MEDIA COVERAGE
February 18, 2005
Nonfatal Motor-Vehicle--Related Backover Injuries Among Children --- United States, 2001--2003
December 2004

7-year-old girl who died Tuesday after being run over by a truck driven by her father
December 8, 2004

Mom accidentally backs over son
December 7, 2004

Mother Accidentally Runs Over 2-Year-Old
October 27, 2004
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Girl dies after being accidentally run over by her uncle's truck
August 4, 2004
Family Recounts Back-Up Tragedy
June 2004
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CALL 3: Most Back-Over Accidents Involve Children
Baby Zone Danger in the Driveway
by Meredith O'Brien



April 5, 2004
On the Road

Nearly two years ago, Janette Fennell, the founder of an organization called Kids And Cars, first contacted me with a host of information about the dangers large vehicles present to small children.
March 26, 2004
Danger of SUV Blind Spots Tested

Most drivers learn about blind spots on the sides of their vehicles during driver's education, but there's another dangerous blind spot in the back that can stretch as far as 30 feet or more
November 7, 2003
More Deaths Attributed To Cars' Blind Spots 
January 2, 2004
Local Woman Heads Up 'Kids-And-Cars' Campaign
December 2003
"Bumper Mentality"
December 22, 2003
Big vehicles put shoppers in parking squeeze
December 14, 2003
A look at the driving forces for 2004
December 10, 2003
Nanny accidentally hits child with SUV
November 19, 2003
Boy Hit by Dump Truck
November 7, 2003
Gadgets Help Avoid Back-Over Accidents
Devices Limit Danger Of Big Car's Blind Spot
November 7, 2003
Protecting Children as Vehicles Back Up
The Blind Spot: Children At Risk In Driveways Video
October 23, 2003
Toddler dies after being hit by truck
October 14, 2003
Consumers In Trucks Drive Demand For Backup Sensors
October 4, 2003
Look before you back Staying Safe
Driveway Deaths By AISLING SWIFT, Staff Writer
July 28, 2003
Blind Spots, Backover Dangers Gain Attention At least once a week a child in America is run over, typically in driveways or parking lots.  
November 21, 2002
A CBS 2 Special Report DANGER ON THE DRIVEWAY
November 21, 2002
Few People Think of Their Own Driveway as Particularly Dangerous.
July 15, 2002



Inside Edition Reports On Driveway Dangers…
Are Children At Risk In Their Parent's Driveways?
July 15, 2002
For Toddlers, There's Danger In The Driveway
Actual Cases