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EDITORIAL: No more child deaths in hot cars - rear-seat sensors should be mandated in all new cars
New, technologically savvy cars do a great job of reminding drivers that they have failed to put on their seat belts while driving or forgotten to turn off their headlights or left their keys in the car when they've reached their destination. But there's one sensor that could save lives that isn't found in new cars, and should be: Every new car should have a life-saving feature to help prevent parents from leaving their babies and toddlers in the back of a blistering hot car.
No action while more kids die in hot cars
Nearly 800 children have died after being left in the back seats of sweltering cars since 1990, including more than 70 in Florida, according to KidsAndCars.org. Now car makers may be required to add alarm systems to alert parents when I child is left in a back seat.
Hot car deaths of children prompt car alert legislation
A one-year-old boy in Texas died this week in the back his mother's car, becoming the 30th child in the United States this year to succumb to heatstroke while left behind in a car seat, according to the advocacy group KidsAndCars.org. As in many of other hot-car-related deaths, the Texas mother, an attorney, thought she had dropped her son off at daycare before she went to work, according to police in Dayton, a city about 30 miles northeast of Houston.
Technology Could Help Prevent Hot Car Deaths
Today U.S. Representatives from Ohio, New York and Illinois introduced the Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act (HOT CARS Act of 2016, H.R. 6041), a critical piece of legislation that would prevent children from being needlessly killed and injured when left alone in vehicles. The HOT CARS Act would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue a final rule within two years for a reminder system to alert the driver if a child is left unattended in a vehicle. “Every year, dozens of children die when left in vehicles – one child every nine days,” said Rep. Schakowsky (IL). “These are horrible, preventable tragedies. The technology exists to prevent these deaths.
New legislation to require technology to be placed in vehicles to prevent child heatstroke deaths
Kids and Cars announced on Thursday a major bill they are purposing that is aimed at saving kids' lives. The non-profit group says the bill is called the "Hot Cars Act of 2016." It stands for "helping overcome trauma for children alone in rear seats act." 29 children have died needlessly so far this year, 30-percent get into the cars by themselves. Kids and Cars, which is dedicated to keeping kids safe around vehicles, says the technology is there to prevent child heatstroke so they're working to make it a requirement in cars.
