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Kids and Cars tips for heat stroke prevention
Kids and Car Safety, along with other child-safety advocacy groups and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), will mark Heat Stroke Prevention Day on July 31 with increased efforts to raise awareness and educate parents and caregivers about ways to prevent children from being unknowingly left alone in a hot vehicle. Heat stroke is the leading cause of non-crash vehicle fatalities for children 14 and younger, but can be prevented.
Mother raises awareness about child hot car deaths
An Austin couple is a driving force to save children from hot cars. Brett and Kristie Reeves-Cavaliero started the foundation, Ray Ray's Pledge, to warn other parents about the danger of forgetting children in a hot car.
Kids and Cars push for rear cameras in vehicles
Two children die every week from something we do several times a day.
High-Tech Car Seat Keeps Parents and Kids Connected
Parents who worry about installing their child's car seat correctly, accidentally leaving their child in the car, or their child becoming unbuckled while the car is moving have a new, high-tech ally. The TOMY International First Years True Fit IAlert Convertible Car Seat syncs with a parent's smartphone to provide feedback on installation and lets the parent know if the child is in the seat or not.
MOM STOP: Forgetting a child in the car can happen to anyone
An 11-month-old girl died from heatstroke in Homewood on July 17 when her mother forgot her in the car and left her in the hot vehicle for three hours.
