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Hot car deaths still problem despite push for Congress to require new reminder technology
Ten children have died in hot cars in Indiana since 1990, and 37 kids die every year in the United States from vehicular heatstroke. The group KidsAndCars.Org is raising awareness Wednesday for National Heatstroke Prevention Day. Amber Andreasen, a spokesperson with KidsAndCars.Org, said many people don’t realize a child can die in a hot car even on a cool day.
The U.S. needs to move forward on rear-seat safety belts
Safety advocates have sued the U.S. Department of Transportation to force action on a standard that would require automakers to include seat belt reminders for rear-seat passengers. Congress said the rule was supposed to have been issued by October 2015. In this photo, emergency personnel attend to a fatal crash Aug. 4, 2015, in the Boyds area of Montgomery County. A Clarksburg woman died after she was thrown from a vehicle in the crash. (Montgomery County Fire Department)
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KEYLESS IGNITIONS MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO DEATHS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
General Motors Quietly Installs Keyless Engine Shutoff
The Preliminary Information technical bulletins to GM service technicians inform them that “Some customers may comment that the engine stops running after extended idle with shifter in Park.” No repair is required, the bulletin states – just educate the customer about the existence of the extended parking feature. So, customers didn’t know, the dealership techs didn’t know, GM’s Safety and Field Action Decision Authority apparently didn’t know. And what does NHTSA know about this? If they’ve been paying attention, they know from the TSBs that GM filed with the agency How many other automakers have secretly added this countermeasure?