Auto safety agency faces calls for overhaul as Biden presidency begins
January 21st, 2021 | by Christopher Jensen / New York Times News Service For decades, across administrations of Republicans and Democrats, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has faced criticism from safety advocates who accuse it of routinely falling short of its mission. Among their complaints: That the agency fails to promptly detect and act on […]
Read moreBWW Review: Susan Morgan Cooper’s Riveting Expose On Hot Car Deaths: FATAL DISTRACTION
A compelling exposé of the tragedy of hot car deaths, a trial, and available solutions to avoidable harm by Herbert Paine Jan. 8, 2021 Child vehicular heatstroke. Since 1990, 940 children in the United States have died in hot cars. The average number of deaths per year: 39 or one every 9 days! (Source: KidsAndCars.org) If you are among those […]
Read moreIn Battle Against “The Highway Disease,” Traffic Safety Agency Attacked as Asleep at the Wheel
By Myron Levin and Eli Wolfe on December 16, 2020 Former President Lyndon Johnson was probably not the first, nor certainly the last, to note that more Americans have died on the nation’s roads than in all of its wars combined. He called it “the highway disease” in a speech in 1966, when he signed legislation that aimed to curb […]
Read moreVayyar 4D Imaging Radar Sensor Set To Revolutionise Automotive Safety By Cutting Complexity And Costs
USA – English Overcrowded with sensors – average cars forecast to have over 200 by 2030 NEWS PROVIDED BY Vayyar Dec 15, 2020, 07:00 ET – Vayyar platform addresses multiple challenging safety requirements, providing unprecedented life-saving functionality for all car models (view the technology here). – Single multifunctional radar-on-chip (ROC) able to replace numerous traditional one-function […]
Read moreIs leaving a child in a hot car a crime or accident? A look at 2 Lafayette cases
BY MEGAN WYATT | STAFF WRITER OCT 2, 2020 – 7:00 AM Baby Gavin Gholston and toddler Ryatt Hensley both faced untimely deaths after overheating in vehicles in Lafayette Parish. Gavin, 11 months, died on a June day in 2012 in a hot vehicle parked at a workplace after his father forgot to drop him […]
Read moreAdvocate discusses federal bill after 3-year-old girl dies after being left in hot car in Edmond
WATCH VIDEO REPORT HERE: https://www.koco.com/article/advocate-discusses-federal-bill-after-3-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-left-in-hot-car-in-edmond/33638188 EDMOND, Okla. — Edmond police are still investigating the tragic death of a 3-year-old girl who was left in a hot vehicle for several hours Monday. Authorities told KOCO 5 that her father called 911 after finding his daughter in an SUV Monday evening. Police said the girl was […]
Read moreSafety Advocates Push for Advanced Tech Mandate to Cut Hot Car Deaths
KidAndCars.org shows new tech that meets Hot Cars Act. by Michael Strong | Jul 28, 2020 KidsAndCars.org hosted a webinar showing tech available now that could cut hot car child deaths. Safety advocates pushing for new technology that would alert drivers if they leave a child in their vehicle after leaving it say the new devices could lower […]
Read moreMore vehicles are sitting parked during coronavirus — and they’re a risk to kids
Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free PressPublished 7:00 a.m. ET July 29, 2020 | Updated 8:50 a.m. ET July 29, 2020 Aug. 22, 2010, was the worst day of Jenny Stanley’s life, and she wants to make sure other families don’t experience the loss of a child like her family has. That Sunday was the day her 6-year-old daughter, Sydney, […]
Read more‘Hot Cars Act’ would require rear seat passenger detection
by Eric Zernich, Thursday, July 16th 2020 WATCH VIDEO REPORT: https://nbc24.com/news/local/hot-cars-act-would-require-rear-seat-passenger-detection BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — There’s a new bill working its way through Congress to help prevent children from dying inside hot vehicles in the U.S. If passed, it would require detection technology in every new vehicle. More than 100 kids have died inside hot cars […]
Read moreDeaths decreasing, but hot cars remain a danger to children
By Ed Crump Tuesday, July 7, 2020 5:41PM RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The COVID-19 pandemic has changed routines especially when it comes to things such as transporting children. So, fortunately, the tragic loss of children’s lives in hot cars is down this year. But children are still dying needlessly, often forgotten by distracted parents. “This […]
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