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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.
Dangerous blindspots: preventing 'backover' accidents
A toddler suffered fatal injuries Wednesday when a vehicle backed over him in front of a Normal Heights home.
An Untold Irony in NHTSA's Recent Rearview Camera Debacle
A little over a month ago, news outlets reported on a controversy involving the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The news reports captured most of the essential facts: In 2008, the US Congress passed the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act. The law directed NHTSA, among other things, to revise its safety standards to "expand the required field" of rearward vision. The practical effect of this part of the law would be to require rearview cameras or similar technologies be installed in every new car sold in the United States so that drivers would back over fewer children who are often too short to be seen through traditional rearview mirrors.
SCHUMER WANTS BACKUP CAMS
On Monday, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called for an end to delays in implementing a congressionally mandated rule to set a rear visibility for all newly manufactured vehicles.
Springfield toddler Kyaun Jackson, 2, killed by SUV in driveway of grandmother's East Hartford home
Kyaun Jackson, 2, of Springfield, was killed Saturday at his grandmother's East Hartford home after the woman's boyfriend accidentally backed over the child in an SUV, according to Connecticut authorities.
