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  • Hyundai to Expand Child-Monitoring Systems to More Models by 2022

    See what Consumer Reports has to say about Hyundai's Rear Occupant Alert HERE.

  • Is your child safe when using vehicle child safety locks?

    The cold truth is that hot cars kill. It’s a message a group called Kids and Cars can't get out enough.
     
    "The way a vehicle heats up, it acts like a greenhouse,” Amber Rollins with Kids and Cars said. “It heats up very quickly. Half of the increase in temp happens in the first 10 minutes a vehicle is closed.”
    The warning isn't just about not leaving your child in the car, but also about how child safety locks can lead to tragedy. “We need to start thinking of our vehicle like a pool," Rollins said. "The danger is very real in a very short amt of time. Check the cars and floorboards of all the cars in the area immediately."
  • Tips for parents to prevent hot car tragedies

    Fox and Friends - After a Bronx man's 1-year-old twins die in his hot car, KidsAndCars.org Director Amber Rollins offers tips to prevent tragedy.

    https://video.foxnews.com/v/6065082574001/#sp=show-clips

  • Experiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children

    Drivers are likely oblivious to a danger often hiding in plain sight when they are behind the wheel. KMBC 9 News anchor Donna Pitman made a discovery that brought surprise and emotion, and it took members of one family back to the worst moment of their lives – one they don’t want any other family to experience.

  • Father of child who died in hot car wants Congress to pass 'Hot Cars Act'

    Chase Harrison would be 12 now. "His smile. He really had a good-natured way about him for a kid that came from an orphanage," his mother, Carol Harrison, said. Chase was newly adopted from Russia. His father, Miles, wasn't used to the daycare drop-off routine. The family had just driven back from visiting Ohio. "I was really, really tired," Miles Harrison said. Harrison drove to work. Chase was quiet in the back seat.

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