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University of Alabama engineers develop solution to child heat deaths in cars
October 8th, 2018 College of Engineering, Engineering, Health & Medicine, Research Dr. Timothy Haskew prepares an initial prototype of a device that monitors carbon dioxide levels and temperature inside vehicles as well as whether the engine is running. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An average of 37 children die each year in the United States from being trapped inside a hot […]
Read moreThe US is about to break its own record for kids who’ve died in hot cars within a year: National Safety Council
By EMILY SHAPIRO Oct 2, 2018, 3:21 PM ET The United States is on the verge of breaking its record for the number of children who’ve died in hot cars within one year, the National Safety Council warned on Tuesday. Forty-eight children have died in hot cars this year — one less than the all-time high of […]
Read moreHONDA RECALLS ACCORD AND INSIGHT FOR REAR CAMERA PROBLEMS
Honda says 232,000 Accords and Insights in the U.S. have the wrong rear-view camera software. By David A. Wood , CarComplaints.com Posted in Recalls September 28, 2018 — Honda is recalling 232,000 Accords and Insights in the U.S. to repair rear camera problems. The 2018 Honda Accords and 2019 Honda Insights have rear-view camera displays programmed with the wrong software. Honda […]
Read moreDon’t Leave Unattended Kids in Cars
Don’t Leave Unattended Kids in Cars
Read moreThe Utterly Heartbreaking and Horrifying Hot-Car Death of Baby Fern Thedford
SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH DATE AUG 23, 2018 Jennifer and Michael Thedford held hands as they walked into the Collin County courthouse in McKinney, north of Dallas. Jennifer, a 34-year-old veterinarian, was dressed in black pants and a blousy black sleeveless shirt, her blond hair pulled behind her ears. Michael, a 35-year-old high school science teacher, was wearing […]
Read moreHot Car Deaths: Why Do Parents Still Face Prison for a ‘Normal’ Memory Lapse?
By Victoria Mckenzie, This story originally appeared in The Crime Report Photo by Henry Rose Photography courtesy KidsAndCars.org. In late June, 38-year-old Nicole Engler unintentionally left her only child to die of hyperthermia in a hot car. Hours later, tearing her hair out and begging police to let her commit suicide, she was in the county jail, […]
Read more2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Rear Occupant Alert Aims to Protect Kids From Hot Cars
The safety system adds ultrasonic motion sensors to detect children left in the rear seat, but only if car doors are locked By Mike Monticello July 31, 2018 Hyundai rolled out a new technology in the redesigned 2019 Santa Fe SUV that could help prevent parents from leaving a child in the back seat of a hot […]
Read moreCheck the Back Seat! Alerts Remind Drivers About Children
As the hot-car death rate remains stubbornly high, new sensors and other reminders are in the works; Nissan to make its alert a standard feature, a step advocates have encouraged. Manufacturers and advocacy groups are launching devices to keep drivers aware of children in the back seat. PHOTO: ISTOCK By Ellen Byron July 28, 2018 7:01 a.m. ET Drivers […]
Read moreWhat happens in your brain when kids are left in cars
USA TODAY NETWORKAnna Groves, Milwaukee Journal SentinelPublished 6:15 a.m. ET July 17, 2018 | Updated 11:27 a.m. ET July 17, 2018 (Photo: Charles Auer) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly named David Diamond’s university. MILWAUKEE — Parents say they would never, ever forget their child in a car on a hot day. But David Diamond, […]
Read more‘How Did I Leave My Child In The Car?’ Experts Say It’s Easier Than You Might Think
By BONNIE PETRIE • KIDSANDCARS.ORG / KIDS AND CARS How could a parent forget their child in the car? That is a question people ask every summer as dozens of children die in hot cars, forgotten by their parents. Eric Stuyvesant used to be one of them. Eric Stuyvesant and his son Michael. CREDIT MICHELLE STUYVESANT “I was a keyboard […]
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