12/5/2024 | Car Theft | Kids and Car Safety Urges Vigilance as Cars Stolen with Children Inside Rise During Holiday Season |
5/31/2001 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org Warns Parents Not to Leave Children Unattended in or around Motor Vehicles |
08/14/2003 | Other Dangers | Power Windows in American-made Automobiles Blamed for Children’s Deaths and Injuries Consumer Groups to Unveil National Campaign to Improve Power Window Safety and New Polling Data |
08/25/2004 | Other Dangers | USE OF CHILDREN DRIVING CORVETTE IN LATEST GM AD CAMPAIGN OUTRAGES AUTO SAFETY GROUPS WHO URGE ITS WITHDRAWAL |
04/21/2005 | Hot Cars | Safety Groups Lament Gaps In Projected Auto Fatalities |
07/21/2005 | Other Dangers | Lawmakers Must Keep Life-Saving Auto Safety Improvements in Highway Bill, Public Safety Groups, Survivor Advocates Say |
07/29/2005 | Other Dangers | Consumer, Safety Groups Applaud Important Child-Car Safety Measures Approved in Today's Highway Bill Power window, backovers, data collection addressed in omnibus bill |
10/31/2005 | Other Dangers | SENATOR CLINTON ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN AND AROUND VEHICLE |
03/09/2006 | Other Dangers | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Beth Weaver 301-814-4088 March 9, 2006 weaver_beth@comcast.net Child Safety Advocates Join Victims On Capitol Hill To Push For Passage of Tougher Laws To Keep Children Safe In And Around cars |
04/13/2006 | Other Dangers | Safety Groups Win Decision to Make Power Windows Less Dangerous for Children, But Government Says “No” to Fail Safe Technology to Eliminate Problem |
08/21/2006 | Other Dangers | Safety Groups Encouraged By Auto Industry-Government agreement to help end danger of runaway vehicles |
09/06/2006 | Other Dangers | Motor Vehicle Dangers That Are An Easy Fix Continue to Kill and Injure Children |
12/13/2006 | Other Dangers | Leader of KIDS AND CARS recognized by Safe Kids Kansas |
02/27/2007 | Backovers | Child Safety Advocates and Victims Join Senators Clinton and Sununu and Representatives Schakowsky and King to Demand Passage of Tougher Laws to Stop Deaths and Injuries of Children Due to Motor Vehicle Design Flaws Victims to Lobby on Eve of Senate Hearing on Child Safety Issues |
02/28/2007 | Backovers | Sen. Stevens Co-Sponsors Legislation to Improve Child Safety Features in Automobiles |
05/16/2007 | Backovers | Child Safety Advocates and Consumer Groups Applaud Senate Committee Action Today to Stop Deaths and Injuries of Children Due to Motor Vehicle Design Flaws |
12/18/2007 | Other Dangers | Parents, Consumer and Safety Groups Applaud House Committee Action Today for Passing the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Act |
02/14/2008 | Backovers | Parents, Consumer and Safety Groups Give a Standing Ovation to the Senate for passing the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act Today |
02/14/2008 | Backovers | CLINTON AND DINGELL HAIL FINAL PASSAGE OF KIDS AND CARS SAFETY LEGISLATION NOW ON ITS WAY TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW |
02/14/2008 | Other Dangers | Parents, Consumer and Safety Groups Give a Standing Ovation to the Senate for passing the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act |
02/15/2008 | Backovers | Clinton Hails Final Passage Of Kids And Cars Safety Legislation; Meets With Affected Ohio Family |
02/29/2008 | Backovers | Safe Guards Protecting Children in and Around Vehicles Becomes Law; Consumer and Safety Groups Applaud Congress, President |
04/18/2008 | Backovers | Sununu honored for work on child vehicle safety act |
04/09/2008 | Other Dangers | CONSUMER, SAFETY ADVOCATES JOIN WITH VICTIMS TO CELEBRATE NEW LAW PROTECTING CHILDREN IN AND AROUND MOTOR VEHICLES Awards Presented to Members of Congress for Leadership |
01/28/2009 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org Research Validated by Federal Government Report |
06/18/2009 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org calls for General Motor vehicles to be recalled and retrofitted with internal trunk releases |
11/02/2009 | Other Dangers | New Data Contests NHTSA Findings, Exposes Real Danger of Vehicle Power Windows |
06/20/2011 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org again demands that GM recall cars to retrofit with internal trunk releases Plea comes after 2 Indiana boys die in trunk of 2000 Malibu |
07/30/2014 | Other Dangers | PCI Hosts Policy Briefing with NHTSA, IIHS, KidsandCars.Org, ITSA, and Progressive on Innovation and Auto Safety |
08/05/2014 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org Announces Partnership with American Gaming Association During Responsible Gaming Education Week |
09/29/2014 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org welcomes Alex Jacky, 8, as first Junior Advocate |
11/10/2015 | Other Dangers | Worst Anti-Safety Highway Reauthorization Bill Slammed. Members of Congress, Safety and Consumer Advocates, and Crash Victims to Unveil Specific Changes to Fix It House and Senate negotiators must make critical changes to curb rising carnage on U.S. roadways |
08/10/2017 | Other Dangers | Families Harmed by Deregulation Blast the Regulatory Accountability Act |
09/27/2017 | Other Dangers | New Study Released on Nontraffic Injuries and Fatalities in Young Children First of its kind study focuses on hidden threats to children in and around motor vehicles |
07/11/2018 | Other Dangers | KidsAndCars.org Announces CellSlip, a NEW Safety Tool for Parents to Prevent Hot Car Tragedies and Reduce Distracted Driving |
12/05/2018 | Other Dangers | Got grandkids? This holiday season give gifts to keep them safe |
03/12/2020 | Other Dangers | The Risks of COVID-19 In & Around Your Vehicle KidsAndCars.org urges drivers & passengers to take steps to prevent transmission of COVID-19 |
03/31/2020 | Other Dangers | Clean & Sanitize Your Vehicle to Prevent COVID-19 |
04/26/2021 | Other Dangers | Senators Markey and Blumenthal Lead Reintroduction of Four Auto Safety Bills to Improve Recalls, Enhance Defect Reporting, Upgrade Seat Back Safety, and Prevent Distracted Driving |
01/19/2022 | Other Dangers | Missouri ranked worst in the nation for roadway safety policies presents a significant opportunity for saving lives |
08/16/2017 | Rear Seat Belt Reminders | KidsAndCars.org and The Center for Auto Safety Sue Department of Transportation to Issue |
10/26/2017 | Pets | KidsAndCars.org announces alliance with Animal Care Organizations to save lives |
12/22/2015 | Carbon Monoxide | Keyless ignition-unintended consequences can be deadly |
11/30/2018 | Carbon Monoxide | Deaths of Louisville Father, Toddler Show Danger of Carbon Monoxide |
03/11/2019 | Vehicle Submersion | 2 Children Die, 1 Survives After Left Alone in SUV that Rolled into Creek |
12/02/2019 | Vehicle Submersion | Eight children died in vehicle drownings over holiday weekend |
07/14/2017 | Car Theft | KidsAndCars.org praises news station KSHB for locating abducted toddler abandoned in stolen car |
03/09/2021 | Car Theft | Alarming Number of Cars Stolen with Kids Inside |
02/24/2023 | Car Theft | Pregnant Mother's car stolen with child alone inside |
03/20/2019 | Childproof Your Ride | ‘Childproof Your Ride’ Program Launched Today |
05/18/2021 | Childproof Your Ride | Kids and Car Safety ‘Childproof Your Ride’ Program Addresses #1 Killer of Children – Preventable Vehicle Accidents |
10/30/2022 | Childproof Your Ride | Local Child Safety Organizations Encourage a Safety Focused Halloween |
10/31/2003 | Backovers | HitchCAM & Kids And Cars Promote SUV/Child Safety Synergy at SEMA 2003 |
07/01/2006 | Backovers | Safety advocates line up backing for technology law |
11/14/2006 | Backovers | 2913 West 113 th Street Leawood KS 66211 (913) 327-0013 Fax (913) 327-0014 November 14, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Janette Fennell – 913-327-0013 Sally Greenberg – 202-462-6262 Jackie Gillan -202-408-1711 Government Vehicle Backover Report Confirms Urgent Need for Visibility Safety Standard |
11/16/2006 | Backovers | A FIVE SECOND WALK COULD SAVE A CHILD’S LIFE |
05/21/2007 | Backovers | California trauma teams unite to reduce child injuries and deaths due to vehicle backovers |
02/14/2008 | Backovers | Parents, consumer and safety groups praise the Senate's unanimous passage today of H.R. 1216, an important child auto safety measure. |
04/30/2018 | Backovers | Rearview cameras FINALLY become standard on ALL new vehicles |
04/09/2008 | Backovers | CONSUMER, SAFETY ADVOCATES JOIN WITH VICTIMS TO CELEBRATE NEW LAW PROTECTING CHILDREN IN AND AROUND MOTOR VEHICLES |
01/28/2009 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org Research Validated by Federal Government Report New study confirms over 33 people die and 16,000 are injured every week due to nontraffic incidents |
12/03/2010 | Backovers | No More Backing Blindly Children’s Lives to be Saved by Proposed Regulation Focused on Auto Backovers |
09/27/2017 | Hot Cars | New Study Released on Nontraffic Injuries and Fatalities in Young Children |
02/29/2012 | Backovers | KidsAndCars.org says rulemaking delay on child backover deaths disappointing Department of Transportation was to issue rule by Feb. 29 on rear visibility for vehicles |
04/11/2013 | Backovers | Families of Children Killed in Car Backover Incidents and Safety Groups Urge Obama Administration to Take Action on Rearview Cameras in Cars |
03/31/2014 | Backovers | Government Finally Issues Rear Visibility Safety Rule for Vehicles, Will Save Lives After Years of Needless Delay |
01/28/2009 | Frontovers | NEWS RELEASE KidsAndCars.org http://www.kidsandcars.org/ Contact: Janette Fennell, 415-336-9279 or Janette@KidsAndCars.org KidsAndCars.org Research Validated by Federal Government Report New study confirms over 33 people die and 16,000 are injured every week due to nontraffic incidents |
09/27/2017 | Frontovers | First of its kind study focuses on hidden threats to children in and around motor vehicles |
10/25/2022 | Frontovers | Kids and Car Safety Applauds U.S. Senator Blumenthal for Introducing the STOP Frontovers Act |
08/28/2009 | Hot Cars | CHILD AND ANIMAL PROTECTION GROUPS ISSUE WARNING AFTER TOTS ARE LEFT IN CAR |
09/06/2009 | Hot Cars | New report undercounts statistics regarding children left behind in hot cars |
08/26/2010 | Hot Cars | Four month-old is 11th baby to die in Texas this year and 11th Heat- related Vehicular Death in August Nationwide. |
06/08/2011 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org warns against leaving children in hot vehicles this summer In 2010 a record 49 children died of heat stroke in cars |
07/13/2011 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org launches national safety awareness program for hospitals to educate new parents about heat stroke danger |
07/25/2011 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org president to speak at July 26 event Washington, D.C., Roundtable Focuses on Preventing Child Deaths in Hot Cars |
08/11/2011 | Hot Cars | Texas Mom speaks out for the first time about son’s death in a hot car Expanded awareness campaigns needed to prevent child deaths in hot cars |
08/15/2011 | Hot Cars | Federal government steps up efforts to prevent child deaths in hot cars Press event dedicated to Georgia child Jurnee Ingram one-year after of her tragic death |
08/31/2011 | Hot Cars | Parents recount heartbreaking incidents to help prevent hot car tragedies Federal government steps up efforts to eliminate child deaths in hot vehicles |
09/21/2011 | Hot Cars | Mom tells about son’s death in car trunk to help prevent hot car tragedies Federal government steps up efforts to prevent child deaths in hot vehicles |
09/23/2011 | Hot Cars | Memory and Brain Expert Addresses Federal Government on “Forgotten Baby Syndrome” to help prevent hot car tragedies Federal government steps up efforts to prevent child deaths in hot vehicles |
08/07/2012 | Hot Cars | 7 children in 4 states die in hot cars in 5‐day‐period, reports KidsAndCars.org |
08/08/2012 | Hot Cars | Update: Another child dies after being left in hot minivan |
08/22/2012 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org founder speaks at NHTSA press conference Aug. 22 at Children's Mercy Hospital |
08/28/2012 | Hot Cars | Three more children have died of heat stroke after being unknowingly left in hot cars from Aug. 22‐25 |
06/03/2013 | Hot Cars | May 2013 nearly doubles average number of child heatstroke deaths in vehicles, 7 children die in hot cars in 4 states in 16-day period KidsAndCars.org offers life-saving tips as warm weather increases danger |
07/29/2013 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org to mark Heat Stroke Prevention Day on July 31 |
05/20/2014 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org, Ray Ray's Pledge to promote National Heat Awareness Day May 23 |
07/14/2014 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org launches White House petition drive to prevent needless child deaths in hot vehicles |
06/25/2014 | Hot Cars | CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER PARTNERS WITH KIDSANDCARS.ORG TO REMIND PARENTS TO LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK™ |
07/22/2014 | Hot Cars | Take Precautions to Protect Children from Extreme Heat |
09/02/2014 | Hot Cars | Statement of Janette Fennell, President of KidsAndCars.org |
07/13/2015 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org applauds Carrie Underwood for speaking out about her terrifying experience this weekend |
07/30/2015 | Hot Cars | Parents send letter to NHTSA Administrator calling for ACTION on the Eve of National Heat Stroke Prevention and Awareness Day |
06/08/2016 | Hot Cars | Parents urge action by automakers and U.S. DOT to protect every child in every vehicle |
06/08/2016 | Hot Cars | Another baby died today on Heat Stroke Awareness Day; 11th tragedy this year |
06/13/2016 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org applauds GM's new technology as an important step in avoiding child heatstroke deaths |
09/15/2016 | Hot Cars | HOT CARS Act of 2016 Introduced Today Will Prevent Child Heatstroke Deaths by Getting Much-Needed Technology into Vehicles |
10/06/2016 | Hot Cars | 44% Increase of Child Heatstroke Deaths in Cars Already this year, 36 children have died in hot cars compared to 25 children in 2015 |
10/07/2016 | Hot Cars | 48% Increase of Child Heatstroke Deaths in Cars Already this year, 37 children have died in hot cars compared to 25 children in 2015 |
04/24/2017 | Hot Cars | National Child Vehicular Heatstroke Awareness and Prevention Day is April 26 |
06/07/2017 | Hot Cars | HOT CARS Act of 2017 Introduced Today Will Prevent Child Heatstroke Deaths by Getting Much-Needed Technology into Vehicles |
07/28/2017 | Hot Cars | Parents and safety advocates urge action by U.S. DOT to prevent hot car tragedies |
07/31/2017 | Hot Cars | HOT CARS Act of 2017 Introduced Today in the U.S. Senate to Prevent Child Heatstroke Deaths in Cars |
09/06/2017 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org is thrilled to announce that today the House of Representatives passed a bill containing our HOT CARS Act language to require technology that will help prevent children from dying of heatstroke in cars. |
10/04/2017 | Hot Cars | Safety Advocates Applaud Bipartisan Support for Technology to Prevent Hot Car Deaths |
02/29/2018 | Hot Cars | Yesterday (2/28), a 1-year-old boy was left in his mother’s vehicle while she was at work at a salon in Miami, FL. The boy died from heatstroke. |
04/02/2018 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org Urges Governor Coyler to Sign Hot Cars Bill |
05/24/2018 | Hot Cars | Joint Statement of Janette Fennell, President and Founder of KidsAndCars.org, and Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety On New Study Showing the Dangers of Hot Cars |
05/31/2018 | Hot Cars | Child Hot Car Deaths and the Russian Adoption Ban - New Documentary Explains this Unlikely Connection |
06/21/2018 | Hot Cars | First Day of Summer and Already 16 U.S. Children Have Died in Hot Cars |
07/03/2018 | Hot Cars | 21 U.S. Children Have Died in Hot Cars in 2018 KidsAndCars.org urges parents to ‘Look Before You Lock’ and be extra vigilant during holiday changes in routine |
07/23/2018 | Hot Cars | Hot Car Deaths on Track for Deadliest Year in U.S. History KidsAndCars.org pushes for technology, urges parents to ‘Look Before You Lock’ and keep cars locked at all times |
07/30/2018 | Hot Cars | National Heatstroke Prevention Day, July 31 2018 on track to be one of the deadliest years in US history for child hot car deaths |
08/29/2018 | Hot Cars | PETA joins KidsAndCars.org to Urge Congress to Pass the HOT CARS Act to Save Children and Pets from Perishing in Hot Cars |
01/29/2019 | Hot Cars | 2018 Officially the Worst Year Ever for Child Hot Car Deaths |
11/09/2021 | Hot Cars | Kids and Car Safety and Families Affected by Hot Car Deaths and Injuries Urge the Biden Administration to Act Quickly to Implement Overdue Child Protection Mandate in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill |
11/09/2021 | Hot Cars | VIDEO: Rep Schakowsky, Kids and Car Safety parent advocate, Jamie Dill, and other stakeholders discussing auto safety provisions in the Infrastructure bill |
12/07/2021 | Hot Cars | Documentary ‘Fatal Distraction’ featuring Kids and Car Safety tells the untold story of a murder trial following a hot car death |
01/14/2022 | Hot Cars | Father Serving Life Sentence Appeals in Georgia Supreme Court Next Week |
04/27/2022 | Hot Cars | Media Advisory: Hot Car Technology Needed ASAP |
04/28/2022 | Hot Cars | Hot Car Technology Needed: Watch recording of 4/28/22 press event |
08/10/2021 | Hot Cars | Joint Statement on U.S. Senate’s Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act |
08/02/2021 | Hot Cars | Safety, Consumer, and Public Health Groups, Transportation Officials, and Truck Crash, Hot Car Incident, Distracted Driving, Red Light Running and Seatback Failure Victims Respond to U.S. Senate’s Bip |
07/01/2021 | Hot Cars | Kids and Car Safety Applauds Passage of the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684) by the U.S. House of Representatives |
06/29/2021 | Hot Cars | Schakowsky, Colleagues, Advocates Highlight INVEST In America Act Auto Safety Provisions |
06/08/2021 | Hot Cars | #HotCarsKill - Kids and Car Safety partnering with PETA to save lives |
05/12/2021 | Hot Cars | The Hot Cars Act Introduced Today – Will Prevent Child Hot Car Deaths by Ensuring Available, Affordable Detection and Alert Technology in ALL New Vehicles |
04/29/2021 | Hot Cars | First Hot Car Death in 2021 Confirmed as we Approach National Heatstroke Prevention Day |
04/15/2021 | Hot Cars | Statement on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Decision Permitting In-Vehicle Sensors to Prevent ‘Hot Car’ Deaths |
04/28/2022 | Hot Cars | Leading up to National Heatstroke Prevention Day (May 1), Members of Congress, Safety Advocates and Families Affected by Hot Car Deaths Stress the Urgent Need for Effective Hot Car Technology |
06/09/2022 | Hot Cars | Father Recounts Horrific Mistake of Forgetting His Son in a Hot Car and the Child’s Miraculous Recovery in New Book |
12/16/2024 | Rear Seat Belt Reminders | Kids and Car Safety Celebrates Seat Belt Reminders for All - Final Rule Issued Today After Years of Advocacy |
8/7/2024 | Vehicle Submersion | Surviving Hurricane Floodwaters if Your Car is Swept Away |
5/17/2024 | Hot Cars | Kids and Car Safety Unveils Comprehensive Report on Child Hot Car Deaths |
4/30/2024 | Hot Cars | TOMORROW is National Heatstroke Prevention Day |
6/20/2024 | Hot Cars | 1,086 Baby Onesies Represent Lives Lost to Hot Car Tragedies in Heartbreaking Display as Advocates and Grieving Families Call for Action from U.S. DOT |
4/28/2023 | Hot Cars | Media Advisory: Grieving Families Demand End to Hot Car Deaths |
5/1/2023 | Hot Cars | Hot Car Regulation Needed ASAP, Enough is Enough |
5/4/2023 | Hot Cars | Harrowing Hot Car Tragedy Recounted in Mother’s Memoire |
5/30/2023 | Hot Cars | 3 Children Died in Hot Cars Last Week |
12/16/2014 | Backovers | Give the gift of safety, recommends KidsAndCars.org; Child safety group teams with Operation Safe Road™to offer rearview cameras at discounted prices |
09/21/2022 | Hot Cars | 3 Children Died Yesterday - Hot Car Occupant Detection Technology Could Have Saved their Lives |
08/17/2022 | Hot Cars | 4 Children Die in Hot Cars in 1 week |
06/23/2022 | Hot Cars | Hot car death murder conviction overturned by Georgia Supreme Court |
06/22/2022 | Hot Cars | Kids and Car Safety Encourages Caution for Families as Temperatures Soar and Hot Car Deaths Continue |
04/14/2021 | Hot Cars | FCC PERMITS HOT-CAR SENSORS TO SAVE CHILDREN |
07/28/2020 | Hot Cars | Members of Congress, Safety Advocates and Grieving Parents Call for Technology Solutions to End Hot Car Tragedies as Fatalities Continue |
07/30/2020 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org Virtual Event - Demonstrating Technology that will Save Children’s Lives |
08/19/2019 | Hot Cars | 10 Child Hot Car Deaths in 20 Days After 20 years of educating the public about hot cars, the number of children dying continues to rise |
08/13/2019 | Hot Cars | Grieving Families Challenge GM to Fulfill its Promise of Adding Technology to Prevent Hot Car Deaths |
07/31/2019 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org Pushes for Technology to Stop Hot Car Tragedies on National Heatstroke Prevention Day |
07/29/2019 | Hot Cars | Statement from Janette Fennell, president and founder of KidsAndCars.org, regarding the Bronx, New York Hot Car Tragedy: |
07/01/2019 | Hot Cars | Hot Cars Act of 2019 Introduced in U.S. House Safety Advocates and Families Call Upon Congress to Swiftly Pass this Urgently Needed Legislation |
05/23/2019 | Hot Cars | Infant dies in van during a Washington DC press event focused on hot car deaths |
05/19/2019 | Hot Cars | Kids and Cars, with congressional leaders, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and families call for new legislation to prevent hot car deaths. Recorded live Kids and Car Safety |
05/23/2019 | Hot Cars | Summer Driving Dangers: Exploring Ways to Protect Drivers and Their Families |
05/22/2019 | Hot Cars | Last Year Reached a Record Number of Hot Car Deaths With Summer Approaching, Now is the Time for Congress to Require Lifesaving Rear Occupant Alert Technology |
05/23/2019 | Hot Cars | KidsAndCars.org president and parent advocate to testify before Congress on hot cars, frontovers and keyless ignition dangers |
05/20/2019 | Hot Cars | Stronger Summertime Safeguards Are Needed |
05/17/2019 | Hot Cars | New Pennsylvania Law Protects Good Samaritans from Liability When Rescuing a Person Trapped Inside a Hot Car |
04/15/2019 | Hot Cars | Tomorrow is National Heatstroke Prevention Day 2018 the deadliest year in US history for child hot car deaths |
08/28/2019 | Hot Cars | Representative Pallone to Call for Lifesaving Automotive Updates to Prevent Children from Dying from Heatstroke |
09/04/2019 | Hot Cars | Statement from KidsAndCars.org in response to automaker’s inadequate voluntary agreement to address hot car deaths |
07/22/2020 | Hot Cars | Pandemic Increases Risk of Children Dying in Hot Cars |
07/02/2020 | Hot Cars | Statement of Janette Fennell, President, KidsAndCars.org, on the Passage of the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) by the U.S. House of Representatives |
07/01/2020 | Hot Cars | Letter from parents affected by hot car incidents to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao |
07/01/2020 | Hot Cars | Video of Representative Jan Schakowsky’s remarks on the hot car issue |
07/01/2020 | Hot Cars | Video of Senator Blumenthal reading excerpts from parent’s letter to the Senate Commerce Committee |
06/29/2020 | Hot Cars | Letter from parents affected by hot car incidents to Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell and Senator Blumenthal |
07/01/2020 | Hot Cars | Victim Families & KidsAndCars.org Push for Technology to Stop Hot Car Tragedies on National Heatstroke Prevention Day |
06/22/2020 | Hot Cars | Joint Statement: The Motor Vehicle Safety Title Advances Important Technology and Programs that will Save Lives, Reduce Injuries and Contain Crash Costs:Press Teleconference: The Motor Vehicle Safety Title to the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) announced on June 22, 2020 by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
06/23/2020 | Hot Cars | Teleconference Audio Recording: (Press Teleconference: The Motor Vehicle Safety Title to the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) announced on June 22, 2020 by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce) |
6/23/2020 | Hot Cars | Notable Quotes from June 23, 2020 Press Teleconference Urging Passage of the Motor Vehicle Safety Title as Part of the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2):Press Teleconference: The Motor Vehicle Safety Title to the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) announced on June 22, 2020 by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
06/23/2020 | Hot Cars | Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Safety and Consumer Advocates, and Family Members who Have Lost Loved Ones to Call for Passage of Lifesaving Motor Vehicle Safety Title in Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2): Press Teleconference: The Motor Vehicle Safety Title to the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) announced on June 22, 2020 by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
10/16/2019 | Hot Cars | Worst October in History for Child Hot Car Tragedies KidsAndCars.org and grieving families urge the public to take action, contact members of Congress |
10/02/2019 | Hot Cars | 8 Hot Car Tragedies in the last 15 Days… ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! KidsAndCars.org and grieving families call on automakers and Congress to act immediately |
09/05/2019 | Hot Cars | Letter that KidsAndCars.org sent to Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) this afternoon in response to the auto industry's weak voluntary agreement announced yesterday by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers. |
04/10/2019 | Hot Cars | Statement of Janette Fennell, KidsAndCars.org, President and Founder, on the appalling number of children dying in hot cars last year |