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An Untold Irony in NHTSA's Recent Rearview Camera Debacle
A little over a month ago, news outlets reported on a controversy involving the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The news reports captured most of the essential facts: In 2008, the US Congress passed the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act. The law directed NHTSA, among other things, to revise its safety standards to "expand the required field" of rearward vision. The practical effect of this part of the law would be to require rearview cameras or similar technologies be installed in every new car sold in the United States so that drivers would back over fewer children who are often too short to be seen through traditional rearview mirrors.
Wisconsin child care providers could be required to check in on parents
Advocates say the bill authored by Reps. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton and Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, could save lives, but to some daycare providers it “feels like overkill.”
Danger of leaving kids in cars
America Now news It's any parent's nightmare - a vehicle is stolen with children inside. It may sound unlikely, but it can and does happen in the blink of an eye.
2013 Women to Watch: Deona Ryan Bien, Triumph Over Tragedy
Springfield toddler Kyaun Jackson, 2, killed by SUV in driveway of grandmother's East Hartford home
Kyaun Jackson, 2, of Springfield, was killed Saturday at his grandmother's East Hartford home after the woman's boyfriend accidentally backed over the child in an SUV, according to Connecticut authorities.