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Sensor technology can prevent toddlers from dying in hot cars
Each summer in the U.S., 35 to 40 children die after being inadvertently left in hot cars. Safety advocates say the heart-wrenching scenario will continue to play out until vehicles come equipped with detection systems to prevent it. Just as vehicles now come equipped with systems to alert drivers of an open door or a seat belt that's not attached, technology to detect an occupied child seat could also be mandated to address an issue that has had more than 800 children dying in hot car deaths since 1990, safety experts say.
Hot cars and kids: Study shows killer temps hit in an hour
Cars can heat up to killer temperatures in just an hour in summer, a new study finds. Researchers ran an experiment, using identical cars left in the sun and the shade at different times of day to discover it doesn't take long for hot cars to reach temperatures high enough to kill children left inside.
Parking in shade won’t prevent hot car deaths, new study says
There is new evidence a child alone in a car on a hot day can turn deadly even if you’ve parked in the shade. From Winter Garden, Florida, NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for TODAY on the eye-opening new study.
Could we do more to stop kids from being left in hot cars?
Tommy talks to Amber Rollins, Director of Kids and Cars, about the tragic problem of kids dying in hot cars.
Visit link below to listen to radio show with Tommy Tucker, WWL First News: http://www.wwl.com/media/audio-channel/could-we-do-more-stop-kids-being-left-hot-cars
South Florida Parents Educating Others After Near Tragedy of Leaving Child in Hot Car
It's a story that plays out too often here in South Florida - a child forgotten inside a hot car. Luckily for one family, it was not too late and now they are sharing their painful lesson and how they hope it will help save the lives of other children as the scorching summer months near.
