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Baby Girl Dies in Hot Car After School Administrator Goes to Work and Forgets She’s in Backseat
An Arizona baby is dead after she was left in her father’s car for several hours while he was at work. On Tuesday afternoon, Phoenix police responded to the parking lot of a Washington Elementary School District busing facility to reports of an unresponsive child, Phoenix police said at a press conference.
The Doctors TV Show on Hot Car Tragedies
The Doctors TV Show on Hot Car Tragedies. Why are Child Hot Car Deaths on the Rise?
Examples of Available Technology to Prevent Hot Car Deaths
Technology should be installed during the manufacturing stage of ALL vehicles and be able to detect the presence of an occupant (child, pet, etc.). The 'detection' feature is necessary to address children who get into vehicles on their own, which accounts for 26% of hot car deaths. Systems utilize a wide range of detection features including sensors that detect motion, radar, lidar, carbon dioxide, etc. A simple reminder to look in the back seat, as required by the auto industry's recent voluntary agreement, is outdated technology that would fail in a number of common scenarios and provide a false sense of protection for families.
Hot car death dad says new safety rules not enough
Manufacturers in the US have agreed to add rear seat reminders to new cars in a bid to prevent children dying of heatstroke in vehicles.
The audio and visual cues for motorists to check their back seats are to be installed in all new vehicles by 2025, car-makers announced. But campaigners, including a father whose son died in a hot car, argue the industry is not going far enough.
Carmakers to add alerts to prevent child heatstroke deaths
By the 2025 model year, nearly all new vehicles sold in the U.S. will come with electronic alerts to remind people to not leave children behind in the back seats.
Twenty automakers representing 98% of new vehicles sold have agreed to install reminders in an effort to stop heatstroke deaths. So far this year 39 children have died in the U.S. after being left alone in cars during hot weather. The advocacy group Kids and Cars says a record 54 children were killed last year.
