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Could a bill that removes liability for breaking into a hot car to rescue a child, pet save lives?
The weather may be cooling off, but it's still possible for children and pets to die from being left in a hot car. One Dallas legislator hopes to make it easier for people to intervene, and possibly save a life. Texas leads the nation in deaths of children in hot cars. Seven of the 34 hot car deaths this year occurred in Texas. That number is up from 24 last year, and 31 in 2014. The latest incident happened Friday in Mississippi, according to noheastroke.org, which tracks those deaths.
Child's death in car in Dayton coincides with call for new safety measure
The 2017 GMC Acadia comes equipped with a system reminding drivers to check the rear seat. I was just a few blocks from the house when I remembered I no longer lived there. I had recently moved to a place just a few miles from my previous residence. But on this particular afternoon, my mental navigation system seemed to be on autopilot, directing me toward my old house. I put it down to advancing age. But I now realize I may have experienced a variation on a mental process that results, with terrible frequency, in parents or other caregivers leaving children locked in automobiles to die.
EDITORIAL: No more child deaths in hot cars - rear-seat sensors should be mandated in all new cars
New, technologically savvy cars do a great job of reminding drivers that they have failed to put on their seat belts while driving or forgotten to turn off their headlights or left their keys in the car when they've reached their destination. But there's one sensor that could save lives that isn't found in new cars, and should be: Every new car should have a life-saving feature to help prevent parents from leaving their babies and toddlers in the back of a blistering hot car.
Brake Shift Interlock Device Could Have Saved Life of Virginia Toddler
A device as cheap as $9 could have saved the life of a Greene County, Virginia toddler earlier this week. On Monday, a 25 year old mother of three was washing her 2002 Ford Explorer in the family’s driveway, while her two older children, ages 3 and 5 sat inside the parked vehicle. Her 18 month old daughter, Aeayla Camacho toddled outside following her mother as she performed this chore. Suddenly, the vehicle began to roll backwards and the mother scrambled to get her toddler out of the way. Despite injuring herself, her efforts to save her daughter were in vain. The vehicle crushed the toddler. Little Aeayla died in her driveway.
No action while more kids die in hot cars
Nearly 800 children have died after being left in the back seats of sweltering cars since 1990, including more than 70 in Florida, according to KidsAndCars.org. Now car makers may be required to add alarm systems to alert parents when I child is left in a back seat.
