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Stuffed animals used as safety tool in new program
Linda Friedel Anne and Randy Brown, proud parents of their newborn daughter, Palmer, got an unexpected gift before they drove her home from the hospital. Someone handed them a fluffy stuffed animal named Chance, explaining to them it was theirs to keep and not their son’s. The Browns accepted the free gift, thanked the representative, and said they would definitely incorporate Chance into their lives.
High-Tech Car Seat Keeps Parents and Kids Connected
Parents who worry about installing their child's car seat correctly, accidentally leaving their child in the car, or their child becoming unbuckled while the car is moving have a new, high-tech ally. The TOMY International First Years True Fit IAlert Convertible Car Seat syncs with a parent's smartphone to provide feedback on installation and lets the parent know if the child is in the seat or not.
Congress urged to pass easy auto safety fixes that will save kids’ lives
Congress urged to pass easy auto safety fixes that will save kids’ lives. Child safety advocates and families whose children have been killed by vehicles in backover incidents, strangled by power windows or inadvertently knocked a vehicle into gear came to Capitol Hill today to urge Congress to pass legislation preventing these unnecessary deaths and injuries.
Children Safety and Cars
According to the Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention, approximately one in 10 vehicle-related deaths of children don’t occur in traffic situations. Instead, many of these deaths occur close to home, in drive-ways or garages, in nearby parking lots, or even inside the car.
Drivers back stronger belt reminders; European systems could be model
How to turn part-time belt users into full-time users is an issue that has dogged policymakers for many years. Even though belt use is at a record 86 percent, more than half of the people who die in passenger vehicle crashes each year are unbelted. Last year's passage of the federal highway reauthorization bill opens the door wider for technological solutions to the problem.
