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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.
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
Watch video report at: https://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/investigations/new-car-safety-systems-prevent-hot-car-child-deaths
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.
