The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has agreed to review "frontover" crashes following an investigation by the News4 I-Team.
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Federal Agency to Review ‘Frontover' Blind Zone Crashes After I-Team Report
Senator wants federal agency to address deaths caused by large SUV front blind zones
Each year, at least 3,000 children are injured and an average of nearly 60 kids are killed in frontover accidents in the United States.
I-Team: Preventing rollaway crashes with safety features, legislation
Push to start ignitions are now the norm in cars, but safety advocates are warning these come with the potential danger of a rollaway crash. The 22News I-Team got a first hand look at how a rollaway crash could happen. A rollaway crash usually happens when a driver thinks the car is in park and either they or a passenger exits the vehicle and it starts to roll away.
Consumer Reports Worries About Increasing Danger With Pickup Trucks
It’s no secret that we like our pickup trucks. There’s a constant battle between the Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado, and Ram 1500 to be the best. But as trucks grow in size and popularity, they’re also becoming increasingly dangerous.
Driveway Danger: Child safety organization warns of ‘frontover’ car crashes
What parents can’t see can injure, or even kill, children in their own driveways. 7’s Karen Hensel has an alarming demonstration every family needs to see in tonight’s special report: Driveway Danger. A distraught mother in agony. Three-year-old Mimi Carmilus had just been run over and killed in her Fort Lauderdale driveway by her babysitter, who was driving this pickup truck. It was the summer of 2016.
