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| November 18, 2007 |
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WMTW.com - Video - Preventing Blind Zone Accidents
They are tragic accidents that happen everyday, drivers backing over children they cannot see because of blind zones. News 8's Keith Baldi takes a look at what is show more
They are tragic accidents that happen everyday, drivers backing over children they cannot see because of blind zones. News 8's Keith Baldi takes a look at what is being done to prevent these accidents from happening.
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| November 16, 2007 |
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WMTW.com Boy's Death Highlights Need For
Rear-Visibility Standards
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| November 8, 2007 |
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Experts Offer Tips To Avoid Backing Over Kids
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November 1, 2007
A Carlisle mother tells the Eyewitness News I-Team about
the loss of her 20 month old son Dillon. The toddler didn't survive a
back-over accident.
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Back Over Bill
Oct 2, 2007
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September 3, 2007
Sex Offenders VS Child Safety
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August
7, 2007
Janette Fennell: Safety at under 5-miles-per-hour
“It if can’t be done, don’t interrupt the person who is doing it.”
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Dangers of Vehicle 'Blind Zones'
July 7, 2007
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June 26, 2007, Cookie Magazine
Backing Up Is Hard To Do
I just finished flipping through my latest copy of One Step Ahead, a.k.a. porn for the paranoid parent. It's made me feeling verrrrrrry safety first. So today you heard first about the new napalm of the backyard:
poison ivy 2.0. Now, let me introduce you to the hazards of big honkin' suburban assault vehicles with blind spots longer than a Boeing 747's slipstream.
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Sat, Jun. 23, 2007
Families Cope With Child Backover Deaths
MICHAEL GRACZYK The Associated Press
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May 30,
2007
Vehicle Blind Spots Pose Danger ABC News
Sixteen-month-old Alec Nelson was killed in 2004 in a tragic
accident in his family's driveway. His grandfather was backing the
car out, when he failed to see the toddler behind the vehicle.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3225514
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May 18,
2007
Senate Panel Advances Vehicle Backover Safety Bill Insurance
Journal
New vehicles would need to offer more safety features to address
backovers and other potentially devastating accidents involving
children under legislation approved this week by a Senate
committee.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/05/18/79837.htm
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May 17,
2007
Kelly Dunn reports on the dangers children face in
driveways due to the large blind zones behind all vehicles
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Nicole Teich alerts us about the dangers of minivan doors
May 16, 2007
Investigators: Danger at the Door
Posted By: Timothy
Donley
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Bigger cars with bigger blind spots taking a tragic toll
May 14, 2007
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May 7,
2007
New technology to help prevent kids from being injured or killed
in backover accidents Crescent News
There's probably nothing worse than losing a child, especially
when the death may have been preventable as in many non-traffic
fatalities.
http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/1966892
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May 7,
2007
Herb Weisbaum informs viewers about the large blind zones behind all vehicles
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April 21, 2007
Family campaigns in late toddler's memory
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO
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TRUNK RELEASE KITS
Due to unprecedented demand, we no longer have any trunk release kits to offer. Our generous donation from Frank Markisello of Able Lock has been depleted.
Any one interested in purchasing a truck release kit should call Frank at 203 882 0600 or visit his website at
http://www.aablelocksmiths.com
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Last year 10 Arizona children were crushed in their own driveways, several by their own unknowing parents. If you think it could never happen to you, neither did the subjects of this story. Meet the fastest-growing killer of Arizona children.
- John Dickerson
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Car firms stalling on child safety?
February 24, 2007
ELLEN ROSEMAN
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Back-over accidents: Moms put to the test
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Sept 26, 2006
Safety advocates line up backing for technology
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July 1, 2006
Think Ahead Before Putting Your Car in Reverse
June 2, 2006
For Aliviah’s sake: Parents speak out against preventable tragedies
The Cedartown Standard, May 3, 2006
Final Rule for Safer Power Window Switches
April 2006
SUVs
and pickup trucks: Critical safety concerns
February 28, 2006
Nonfatal Motor-Vehicle--Related Backover Injuries Among Children ---
United States, 2001--2003
February 18, 2005
Larger,
Quieter Vehicles Create Driveway Dangers
February 8, 2006
Danger
lurks for kids around cars at all times
January
11, 2006
Activists say fix could end deaths by car windows
January 8, 2006
Child advocacy group: Vehicle tragedies are preventable
January 2, 2006
| December 22, 2005 |
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AND CARS supports"Stop Driving Blind....See The Children",
a benefit fundraiser to bring attention to the huge blind areas that exist
behind the vehicles we drive. Featuring comedian, Jeff Garlin of 'Curb Your
Enthusiasm!', the benefit took place at the New York Comedy Club in Boca
Raton, FL. |
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"In the US, over 100 children were backed over and killed in 2005; (almost two children every WEEK) often by a relative in their own driveway, and often by a larger vehicle such as a van, SUV or pickup truck." - Janette E. Fennell, Founder & President of Kids And Cars |
 Learn why blind spots (large areas) behind vehicles are causing death and serious injury to children, click here. |
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Children being backed over is nothing new........it's just that no one has been counting how often these tragedies happened. Please read the story about a sister who has clung to the memory of her little sister for decades.
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Safety activist is trying to end a disturbing trend as more young children die in back-over accidents” August 14, 2005
August 14, 2005
July 30, 2005 |
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Janette Fennell, founder and president of KIDS AND CARS was invited to testify about the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's reauthorization before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade
and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on
June 23, 2005.
Click here to read the transcript
February 7,
2005
Boy,
4,
Drives
Mom's Car To Video Store And Back
February
5, 2005
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| Heat related deaths to young children in parked cars:
an analysis of 171 fatalities in the United States, 1995-2002
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About
Women Drivers |
Baby
Zone Danger
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IMMEDIATE
ACTION IS NEEDED
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Our
Federal representatives need to hear from you immediately. They are
currently debating the merits of the Transportation
bill, S. 1072. The Senate version directs the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) tocollect data about nontraffic, noncrash
incidents, would finalize the 1996 open rule making about power windows
and investigate technologies that would make cars safer for children.
The House bill does not have any of these provisions.
Take this opportunity to tell Congress that you know deaths are preventable
and that they should stand up for safety.......especially for
their future constituents........OUR children. Visit
www.safecarsforkids.org for
more information.
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July
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And Cars conducted a Washington, DC press event on July 20, 2004
to bring attention to the large spike in the number of deaths and
injuries to children and ask Congress to require these simple auto
fixes in the pending transportation bill. Click
here for PRESS RELEASE. |
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June
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June
14, 2004
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***News
Release, May 20, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada***
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AUTO
SUNSHADE CAMPAIGN
See examples of auto sunshades in English and Spanish, then contact us
to see how you can get a campaign started in your community. |
May
26, 2004 |
A hot car can prove deadly to small children
In the time it takes to purchase a gallon of milk and lottery tickets, a hot car could turn into a death trap for a small child.
A child or an infant has died that way every summer for the past five years in New Jersey. Last summer, Derrick Strothers' two sons
died of heat exhaustion in his car after he forgot to drop them off for day care and went to work.
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As summer approaches and temperatures soar across the country,
parents and caregivers need to be vigilant in preventing heat-related deaths
of children trapped or accidentally left in vehicles. (click
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April
5, 2004
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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. |
April,
2004
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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. |
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Sondra Morgan, VP for Kids And Cars in Minnesota, is working to implement
the "Look...then Lock" campaign in communities around the state
of Minnesota. Sondra wants to remind all parents and caregivers that they
should “Look” in the backseat of their vehicles before they
“Lock” the car. Sondra will work towards national recognition
of the "Look...then Lock" campaign and hopes that someday "Look...then
Lock" will be as familiar as "Buckle up" or "Don't Drink
and Drive". Mrs.
Morgan is also responsible for spearheading the efforts to get the "Unattended
Child In Motor Vehicle Safety Act" introduced as a new bill in the
2004 Minnesota legislative session. To
review the Minnesota bill, click here.
Mrs.
Minnesota contest has just cause |
April,
2004 |
Best
cars for kids & teens
Is a family sedan the best vehicle for your family? What's the safest
car for your teenage driver? We asked those questions and more in Consumer
Reports’ first investigation and Ratings based on how well 182 cars
and trucks serve today’s family-travel needs.
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March
16, 2004
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Pushing
to Close Gaps in Compiling Vehicular Deaths
Every year, awful things happen to children in cars that do not show up
in a fatality database run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Kids die in power window accidents. They get locked into cars that heat
up like ovens. They are backed over by unsuspecting adults. |
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March
9, 2004 |
It's
the Mundane Stuff That Kills
With 9/11 images etched in their memories and some transatlantic flights
canceled, travelers have terrorists on their minds. "I'm going Greyhound
rather than fly to California," my Baltimore cousin explains. "Al
Qaeda's not so likely to target a bus." Others, also fearing the worst,
elect to drive rather than fly. |
| February
8, 2004
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Follow your dreams!
A new book recently released by Sharon Cook and Graciela Sholander features
a "how-to" approach using real-life examples of people who made thier
dreams come true. Famous people like Harrison Ford, Barbara Walters and
Tiger Woods are featured as well as "not so well-known people" like the
founder of Kids And Cars, Janette Fennell. The book chronicles her successful
crusade to make car trunks escapable.
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January
15, 2004
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Advocate says more children are being run over in driveways
It's always sad when a child dies. It's especially tragic when that child is killed in the home driveway,
run over by a parent or family member backing up the car. Last year, according to the nonprofit Kids and Cars organization, at least 70 children in the U.S. were killed this way. |
| January
2, 2004 |
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KMBC Channel 9 ABC,
Kansas City affiliate aired a segment about the dangerous blindspots behind
vehicles as a follow-up to the Good Morning America piece that aired on
January 1, 2004.
Local Woman Heads Up 'Kids And Cars' Campaign |
| January
1, 2004 |
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It’s Going to
Happen Again’
Big Vehicle Blind Spots Leaving Kids Dead
Dr. Greg Gulbransen tells the painful story of his son's death for one reason
— he doesn't want other parents to make the same tragic mistake he
did. |
| October
12th, 2003 |
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 Child
found locked in car trunk
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| August
6, 2003 |
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Click
here to read the transcript ... KIDS AND
CARS website debuts on CNN's American Morning program!
Dr. Greg Gulbransen
and Janette Fennell appeared on CNN's American Morning program on August
6. They discussed the serious dangers of blind spots that exist behind
the vehicles we drive, and the technology available that can be added
to your vehicle to improve visibility.
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| July
1, 2003 |
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Baby left in car dies; mother arrested
A Tucson woman was ordered jailed on a $1 million bond Monday after police said her infant daughter died when she was forgotten in a car for several hours.
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| June
26, 2003 |
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Father is jailed after son left in car
A 57-year-old man is facing a child endangerment charge after
leaving his
7-year-old son alone in a car parked at the Clark County
Government Center
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| June
6, 2003 |
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| Mother's car hits and kills toddler
A planned outing to the store for three generations of a family ended tragically yesterday when a mother backing up her Acura sport utility vehicle accidentally hit and killed her 15-month-old son. |
Incident prompts
Nevada's first use of Amber Alert
1-year-old became object
of state's first Amber Alert search on Tuesday
Just 15 minutes
after authorities issued the state's first Amber Alert, a 1-year-old boy
was found unharmed inside a stolen car late Tuesday.
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And Cars appreciates Safeway's ongoing support. Our safety message
was added to Safeway grocery bags for Northern CA, Northern NV, and Hawaii.
It also appeared in the Safeway weekly inserts reaching over 4 million households
in Northern CA as part of the "Safeway Cares" program. Safeway
also started a "got kids" campaign with Kids And Cars safety messages
on Safeway (Lucerne) milk carton side panels nationwide. |
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| March 3, 2003
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DEATH
OF A CHILD: GETTING PAST THE GUILT
It's a horror that you've heard
about before - Fred accidentally ran over his 2 year-old daughter
while backing up in his driveway. Find out how you can prevent this
same thing from happening again.
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| July 8,
2002 |
| CARS, SUMMER
HEAT, CARELESSNESS AND CHILDREN CAN BE A TRAGIC MIX
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| July 5,
2002
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| Injuries and
Deaths Among Children Left Unattended in or Around Motor Vehicles
--- United States, July 2000--June 2001
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| June 11,
2002 |
NHTSA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Janette Fennell
Founder and President
Kids And Cars
For your vision and leadership in drawing national attention to the tragedy
of children being injured, disabled and killed in and around motor vehicles
in non-crash events.
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| May 27,
2002 |
| Mornings
On Two
Janette Fennell, Kids And
Cars, talks to Fox 2 regarding her recent trip to Washington DC to highlight
dangers of leaving kids unattended in cars. She mentions (NASA)
developed Child Presence Sensor that helps parents remember not to leave
kids in the car alone. Janette also discussed other child - auto
safety issues, SUV dangers, and trunk releases.
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| May 7, 2002
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Fennell was invited to be a speaker at the California Office of Traffic
Safety (OTS) Summit 2002 in Orange County, CA on May 7, 2002. Janette
joined the Account Supervisor from Ogilvy Public Relations and the
Community
Relations Manager from the Anaheim Angels. This workshop,
"Forging Successful Partnerships" was moderated by Mike
Marando, Marketing and Communications Manager from OTS. This presentation
offered summit attendees keen
insight into effectively forging public/private partnerships in
order to stretch
limited dollars.
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A look at the driving
forces for 2004
PRECIOUS
cargo: The crime of forgetting
