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Giving program. It costs you no money at all to help us; and would significantly
help support our mission of keeping children safe in and around motor vehicles. It
only takes 30 seconds for you to vote for us.
Voting begins January 15th and only runs for 7 days; ending January 22nd.
Please visit our site after January 11th for specific instructions on how to vote to save children's lives.
Injuries from Power Windows Greatly Underestimated!
KidsAndCars.org hosted a press conference on November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC unveiling
data collected in a poll administered by Harris Interactive that refutes National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) approximated power window-related
injuries with statistics that differ not by thousands, but by millions of U.S.
incidents. These data further support KidsAndCars.org’s claim that automatic
reversing (ARS) windows should be standard on all vehicles.
The results from the KidsAndCars.org new study provides strong evidence that
the automatic reversing feature must be made standard on all power windows,
protecting children from death and injury.
View the November 2, 2009 press conference video here
View the FOX 5 Money: Power Window Dangers article here
KidsAndCars.org is a national nonprofit child safety organization dedicated to preventing injuries
and death to children in or around motor vehicles. KidsAndCars.org has been pioneering a
national prevention movement since 1996 by promoting the highest level of awareness among
parents, caregivers, legislators and the public at-large about the dangers inherent to
children in or around motor vehicles. KidsAndCars.org works to prevent these sudden
tragic events through data collection, education and public awareness, policy change,
regulations and survivor advocacy.
It is difficult to think
of anything more tragic than the needless (preventable) death of a child. Every one of these deaths is a tragedy, especially to
family and friends; and each one serves as a powerful warning that other children are at risk.
You're very welcome here. Take your time and explore the valuable resources
available on our website.
We hope you find this information useful and will want to help us work to
prevent children from being injured or killed.
Janette E. Fennell, Founder and President, KidsAndCars.org
“In the US fifty
children are being backed over by vehicles EVERY week.
Forty-eight are treated in hospital emergency rooms and at least two
children are fatally injured every WEEK. These unthinkable
tragedies are happening most often in the driveway of the child’s home
and in 70% of the incidents the driver of the vehicle is their parent,
grandparent, aunt, uncle or older sibling.”
Janette E. Fennell, Founder & President, KidsAndCars.org
Learn why blind zones (large deadly areas) behind vehicles are causing death and
serious injury to children: click here.
U.S. Nontraffic Child Fatalities (2002-2008)
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Statistics from the KidsAndCars.org database
Nontraffic incidents involving children <15 years-old
Consumers have come to expect
certain costs from owning a large truck or SUV, but 9News has uncovered
an increasing cost that should worry every parent.
Children Fatally Injured by Passenger side
Airbags verses Heat Related Deaths
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It
is never safe to leave children unattended in vehicles. Heat is just ANOTHER
reason not to leave them alone in a vehicle.
Please
click here to learn about the many tragedies that have occurred that
specifically deal with hyperthermia (heat stroke) deaths.
Children should never
be left unattended in or around parked cars. There are just too many risks.
Below are just some of the dangers children are exposed to:
Being inadvertently
backed over in a driveway or parking lot
Being
left in a vehicle where the temperatures can reach deadly levels in minutes
Knocking the vehicle
into gear and setting the vehicle into motion
Strangulation by
a power window, sunroof or power accessory
Being taken by a
stranger in the course of a car theft
Hopping into a car
trunk during an innocent game of hide-and-seek
Carbon monoxide
poisoning
Finding matches
that set the car aflame
Leaving the vehicle
alone to go to the bathroom, or to go looking for you
