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Increasing Number Of Children Killed in ‘Frontover’ Accidents
May 8, 2017 7:23 PMBy Susan Koeppen WATCH VIDEO PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There is a growing concern involving blind zones and vehicles. As of May 8, 2017, there have been 16 children who have been killed in frontover accidents. That’s where a driver doesn’t see a child in front of their car and accidentally pulls […]
Read moreIncreasing Number Of Children Killed in ‘Frontover’ Accidents
May 8, 2017 7:23 PMBy Susan Koeppen WATCH VIDEO PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There is a growing concern involving blind zones and vehicles. As of May 8, 2017, there have been 16 children who have been killed in frontover accidents. That’s where a driver doesn’t see a child in front of their car and accidentally pulls […]
Read moreMichael Bloomberg: Automakers, developing nations must commit to auto safety
Michael Bloomberg, Published 12:01 a.m. ET June 4, 2017 (Photo: New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean) STORY HIGHLIGHTS Michael Bloomberg is the World Health Organization Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases. CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE American automobile manufacturers have made enormous progress in recent decades to ensure that the cars we drive here in the U.S. are […]
Read moreExperts warn of the dangers of hot cars
Michael Sevren 8:55 PM, May 21, 2017 When the sun is beating down and you’re driving around, safety experts have advice for parents, guardians, and caretakers. “The worst thing anyone can ever do is to think this can’t happen to them,” said Janette Fennell the founder of kidsandcars.org According to kidsandcars.org, six children in the United […]
Read moreExperts warn of the dangers of hot cars
Michael Sevren 8:55 PM, May 21, 2017 When the sun is beating down and you’re driving around, safety experts have advice for parents, guardians, and caretakers. “The worst thing anyone can ever do is to think this can’t happen to them,” said Janette Fennell the founder of kidsandcars.org According to kidsandcars.org, six children in the United […]
Read moreKidnap Victim Describes Escape from Trunk of Moving Car
KidsAndCars.org made sure that all vehicles 2002 & newer have a trunk release! Thank goodness it saved this woman’s life! https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield/videos/10155087031809757/
Read moreMother warns parents after 9-month-old dies in ‘hot car’ on 66-degree-day
WATCH VIDEO: http://wjla.com/news/local/mother-warns-parents-after-9-month-old-dies-in-hot-car-on-66-degree-day by Tom Roussey/ ABC7 Friday, February 17th 2017 WASHINGTON (ABC7) — For Raelyn Balfour of Charlottesville, the idea of forgetting her baby in the backseat of a hot car was unthinkable. “I had heard of stories of this happening to other parents, and I’m like, ‘That’s an irresponsible parent, there’s no way that […]
Read moreMother warns parents after 9-month-old dies in 'hot car' on 66-degree-day
WATCH VIDEO: http://wjla.com/news/local/mother-warns-parents-after-9-month-old-dies-in-hot-car-on-66-degree-day by Tom Roussey/ ABC7 Friday, February 17th 2017 WASHINGTON (ABC7) — For Raelyn Balfour of Charlottesville, the idea of forgetting her baby in the backseat of a hot car was unthinkable. “I had heard of stories of this happening to other parents, and I’m like, ‘That’s an irresponsible parent, there’s no way that […]
Read moreMother warns parents after 9-month-old dies in 'hot car' on 66-degree-day
WATCH VIDEO: http://wjla.com/news/local/mother-warns-parents-after-9-month-old-dies-in-hot-car-on-66-degree-day by Tom Roussey/ ABC7 Friday, February 17th 2017 WASHINGTON (ABC7) — For Raelyn Balfour of Charlottesville, the idea of forgetting her baby in the backseat of a hot car was unthinkable. “I had heard of stories of this happening to other parents, and I’m like, ‘That’s an irresponsible parent, there’s no way that […]
Read moreCarbon monoxide poses greater and greater risks
John Cichowski , The Road Warrior, @njroadwarrior2:26 p.m. EST December 9, 2016 (Photo: Marko Georgiev/Staff Photographer, Marko Georgiev/Staff Photojournalist) Few deaths inspire more sympathy than the insidious, highly preventable kinds that quietly took the lives of a Passaic mother and her two young children last January as they tried to stay warm inside a parked […]
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