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BLOTTER: ONE DOG IS SAFE, IS YOURS?
Blotter notes that power windows have been known to strangle pets and small children to death if the window can be closed when a hand, foot, or paw inadvertently presses downward on the switch. The child safety activists at Kids and Car Safety attribute 57 deaths to the problem since 1991.
Safety Council warns of threat to kids in hot cars
Summer is officially days away, but already at least nine children have died after being left alone in a hot car, and trends from recent years suggest these numbers will probably rise…
A push to adjust backup cameras; Auto lobby seeks to tweak U.S. rule to free up design
The long-awaited final federal rule mandating backup cameras may not be so final after all.
That Terrifying Time I Locked My Son in the Car
When you live in a fast-paced culture, one where we’re reserving DVDs before we can even watch them and waiting more than five seconds for a website to load on our smartphones is unacceptable, we’re constantly thinking of the next move before we’ve completed the current. In parenting, this tends to happen more frequently.
US DoT makes rear-view cameras compulsory
While the new legislation goes some way to prevent such unfortunate incidents, the ruling does raise the question as to whether the design of some cars adds to the problem.
