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Hyundai’s New Rear-Seat Reminder Is Actually a Little Different from Nissan’s and GM’s
How many alerts do you need to remember that you’ve left your child in the back seat? Several, according to Hyundai, which is set to become the third automaker to install rear-occupant alert technology. But whereas similar systems in General Motors and Nissan vehicles monitor whether rear doors have been opened and closed, Hyundai’s new Rear Occupant Alert uses sensors that detect movement in the rear seat.
New Study Released on Nontraffic Injuries and Fatalities in Young Children
New Study Released on Nontraffic Injuries and Fatalities in Young ChildrenFirst of its kind study focuses on hidden threats to children in and around motor vehiclesPhiladelphia, PA – Over the last couple of decades, significant reductions in vehicle crash-related child fatalities have been attributed to advances in legislation, public safety campaigns and engineering. However, less is known about nontraffic injuries and fatalities (occurring primarily in driveways and parking lots) to children in and around motor vehicles.CO and Cars: Unfinished Business
In 1975, the auto industry began to equip vehicles with catalytic converters to meet the emission limits of the Clean Air Act of 1970. Sitting unobtrusively between the engine and the muffler, the “cat” changes the noxious gases in automobile exhaust into harmless nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water. The result, according to the National Institutes of Occupational Health, was an 80 percent decline in the number of unintentional vehicle-related deaths caused by the most dangerous byproduct of combustion engines: carbon monoxide.
Fighting for life and protecting our children
On April 1st, 2012, my daughter Skye Renee Jordan was hit by a truck. I will never forget the day as long as I live. I was organizing a volleyball tournament when I got the call from my husband — he had run over Skye with his truck. Everything was a blur: Racing back home, driving to the hospital, learning that the doctor on duty that day was the same doctor that brought Skye into this world. Words cannot begin to describe the hopelessness and anguish we felt. It was the worst day of our life.
Raelyn Balfour column: We need more car regulation to keep kids safe
On the morning of March 30, 2007, I was positive that I had dropped off my son, Bryce, at his babysitter’s house. I did not learn until later that afternoon when the babysitter called that he was not with her. My son died after being left in my car all day. The high that day was only 66 degrees, but that was enough. He died, and was only 9 months old.
