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Consumer Reports Urges Congress to Pass the ‘Hot Cars Act of 2019’
Consumer Reports called on lawmakers in Congress today to support the Hot Cars Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation recently introduced in both the House and Senate that would require all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. to come with standard equipment designed to help prevent child deaths from heatstroke suffered in motor vehicles. Twenty-one children already have died from heatstroke in cars since just the start of 2019, and more than 800 children have died from this preventable tragedy since 1998. On average, a child dies from vehicular heatstroke once every ten days.
These new car safety systems are in place to prevent hot car child deaths
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. (ABC7) — 21 children died nationwide already this year from heatstroke in cars. The average is 38 deaths annually, according to the tracking group. “If you even pop into autopilot for a moment on your way to daycare when you're going to drop off the baby before going to work, it's all it takes," said Kids In Cars President Janette Fennell.
SC led the nation for kids dying in hot cars. It could happen to any parent, expert warns
How could anyone accidentally leave a child in a hot car? South Carolina led the nation with six children dying in hot vehicles in 2018, the deadliest year in U.S. history for these tragedies, according to noheatstroke.org, a website supported by the National Safety Council. Five of those children were left behind in vehicles by caregivers, according to KidsAndCars.org, a national nonprofit, while the sixth child climbed inside an unlocked car and became trapped.
This year, the grim trend continues. Twenty-one children nationwide have died in hot cars as of July 16, including one in South Carolina.
Statement from Victims’ Families Read by Senator Blumenthal During Consideration of the HOT CARS Act
Statement from Victims’ Families Read by Senator Blumenthal During July 10th, 2019 Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee During Consideration of the HOT CARS Act of 2019
Children’s book puts tough message into tiny hands, and it was inspired by one couple’s tragic loss
Thomas Cooper Naramore died tragically on July 24, 2015, but his memory will live on through a new children's board book. Not Even a Minute: A Story About Preventing Hot Car Heatstroke, written by Sarah Tollett and Joe Schaffner, who also did the illustrations, was produced by Arkansas Children's Hospital Injury Prevention Center. The book was dreamed up after Hot Springs Juvenile Court Judge Wade Naramore and his wife, Ashley, called the Injury Prevention Center with the idea of creating a program for hot-car safety.
