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Advocates push for technology that prevents hot car deaths
Temperatures are rising across the U.S., which means the threat of children dying after being left in hot cars are again creeping up on parents across the nation.
Changes in vehicle safety standards influenced by one woman
Janette Fennell has played an instrumental role in standardizing a number of safety features on cars, starting with the glow-in-the-dark emergency release lever inside the boot.
The federal Hot Cars Act aims to prevent deaths in sweltering vehicles. Can technology save lives?
The car hums to a stop – the engine is off. You take out the keys, strap your bag across your shoulder and walk into the office to make it to your morning meeting. As you sit at your desk, you get an unexpected text: someone is still in your car. A flashing memory of strapping your daughter into a car seat follows. You thought you took her to daycare. But a new tech device may have helped you avoid a senseless tragedy - namely, the death of a child left in a vehicle on a hot day.
Driveway Danger: Child safety organization warns of ‘frontover’ car crashes
What parents can’t see can injure, or even kill, children in their own driveways. 7’s Karen Hensel has an alarming demonstration every family needs to see in tonight’s special report: Driveway Danger. A distraught mother in agony. Three-year-old Mimi Carmilus had just been run over and killed in her Fort Lauderdale driveway by her babysitter, who was driving this pickup truck. It was the summer of 2016.
The Trouble with Today’s Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
Nearly 100 new cars and SUVs released in the United States this year will come equipped with automatic emergency braking systems that proponents say will protect pedestrians on our streets
