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Millions of vehicles have unexpected, dangerous front blind zone
Millions of popular vehicles have a hidden blind spot that puts children at an increased risk of being injured or killed. That large blind zone, located directly in front of the vehicles, has contributed to hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries, according to safety advocates who are now trying to warn consumers. “Can you even imagine killing your own child because you couldn’t see them?” asked Janette Fennell, president and founder of KidsAndCars.org, an organization that tracks vehicle-related accidents involving children. “I think very few people understand that this blind zone exists, and there’s a huge danger when these vehicles start moving forward.” KidsAndCars has been tracking the emergence and rapid increase of what it calls “frontover” accidents: accidents involving children who are struck while they are in front of a slow-moving vehicle.
Driveway & Parking Lot Safety
Every year, thousands of children are injured or killed because a driver could not see them while backing up or slowly pulling forward in parking lots and driveways. These predictable and preventable tragedies are called frontovers and backovers.
40 countries agree cars must have automatic braking
Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the U.S. or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting as soon as next year, a U.N. agency said Tuesday. The regulation will require all vehicles sold to come equipped with the technology by which sensors monitor how close a pedestrian or object might be. The system can trigger the brakes automatically if a collision is deemed imminent and if the driver doesn't appear set to respond in time.
Frontover deaths involving kids skyrocketing with truck and SUV popularity
Federal law now requires all new cars sold in the US to come equipped with rear cameras and screens. It's to prevent backover crashes, many times involving small children. The recent change is a huge victory for child safety advocates, but this doesn't solve another problem happening at an alarming rate: frontover crashes. It's a crash that happens when you can't see what's in front of your parked vehicle. With the rising popularity of big SUVs and trucks, the chances of these incidents happening have increased.
Keven Moore: Avoid horrific driveway run-over accidents; take extra caution, heed these safety tips
One of the most horrific, unthinkable accidents that can happen to a child can take place less than a few feet from your very own front door. Run-over accidents in your driveway occur too often and are devastating to families, as 70 percent of the time, they involve another family member at the wheel. The Internet is full of tragic stories of the pain and grief. The heartbreaking part of this is that almost all are preventable with just some additional caution and technology.
