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New law in effect Jan. 1 mandates Delaware trucks have backup warning devices
Truckers who call Delaware their home will soon be required to have an extra piece of equipment attached to the vehicle. A new law on the books Wednesday, Jan. 1, is aimed at preventing property damage, injuries or deaths that can result when backing up a large truck.
The lethal consequences of forgetting young children in cars
It's known as 'fatal distraction' - young children forgotten and accidentally left in cars, often with lethal consequences.
2 Babies Dead: How Does a Parent Forget a Child in a Hot Car? 2013 in Review
The details connected to the deaths of two babies over the holiday weekend -- in separate incidents but under similar circumstances and only a short drive from each other in Virginia and Maryland -- could hardly be more tragic: In both cases, police say, a relative forgot the babies in a car with outside temperatures hovering around 90 degrees. Unfortunately, such cases are not rare.
Motorists backing up hurt hundreds of kids yearly
October French was one of seven Oklahoma children killed this year in accidents in which a vehicle was backing up.
Missouri Safety Groups Sue Department of Transportation over Increasing Backover Accidents
The latest statistics reveal that more than 250 fatalities and over 18,000 injuries occur because of backover accidents. The sad part is that most of the victims are young children aged between 1-2 years. In most of these cases, the driver of the car is a close relative or parent of the victim.
