Kids are dying in hot cars at an alarming rate; safety agency tweets for awareness
Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 a.m. ET Aug. 21, 2019 | Updated 12:09 p.m. ET Aug. 21, 2019 The numbers are sickening: 10 children dead in 20 days. They were little girls and boys who died in hot cars just in the last few weeks, a growing crisis that’s perplexing in part because experts […]
Read moreMother of boy killed in hot car works to prevent more tragedies
Updated: 9:24 PM EDT Aug 13, 2019 – Greg Fox Reporter Play Video Last year saw a record number of hot car deaths: 51. So far this year, 32 kids across the country have died, including a little boy in South Florida a couple of weeks ago. Now, parents of victims are taking action. WESH 2 […]
Read moreTechnology to save kids in hot cars exists. So why isn’t it in every vehicle?
“This needs to be standard, not optional, on all vehicles. What we know is when given the choice, parents don’t believe they need this technology.” The Hot Cars Act of 2019 would mandate all new cars to be equipped with a reminder system for drivers to check for passengers in the back. So far in […]
Read moreHyundai to Expand Child-Monitoring Systems to More Models by 2022
See what Consumer Reports has to say about Hyundai’s Rear Occupant Alert HERE.
Read moreIs your child safe when using vehicle child safety locks?
Updated: 10:21 AM CDT Jul 29, 2019 Donna Pitman KMBC 9 News Anchor Play Video KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The cold truth is that hot cars kill. It’s a message a group called Kids and Cars can’t get out enough. “The way a vehicle heats up, it acts like a greenhouse,” Amber Rollins with Kids […]
Read moreExperiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children
Advocacy group wants to see 360-degree cameras installed on all vehicles Updated: 10:00 PM CDT Jul 25, 2019 Donna Pitman KMBC 9 News Anchor WATCH VIDEO REPORT KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Drivers are likely oblivious to a danger often hiding in plain sight when they are behind the wheel. KMBC 9 News anchor Donna Pitman made […]
Read moreFather of child who died in hot car wants Congress to pass ‘Hot Cars Act’
BY NATHAN BACA, WJLA THURSDAY, JULY 25TH 2019 PURCELLVILLE, Va. (WJLA) — Chase Harrison would be 12 now. “His smile. He really had a good-natured way about him for a kid that came from an orphanage,” his mother, Carol Harrison, said. Chase was newly adopted from Russia. His father, Miles, wasn’t used to the daycare […]
Read moreConsumer Reports Urges Congress to Pass the ‘Hot Cars Act of 2019’
PRESS RELEASE July 22, 2019 Rear seat child detection and alert systems will save lives, should be required on all new cars, says Consumer Reports. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Reports called on lawmakers in Congress today to support the Hot Cars Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation recently introduced in both the House and Senate that would […]
Read moreThese new car safety systems are in place to prevent hot car child deaths
Watch video report at: https://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/investigations/new-car-safety-systems-prevent-hot-car-child-deaths by Nathan Baca, ABC7Friday, July 19th 2019 GAITHERSBURG, Md. (ABC7) — 21 children died nationwide already this year from heatstroke in cars. The average is 38 deaths annually, according to the tracking group. “If you even pop into autopilot for a moment on your way to daycare when you’re going […]
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