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Do Backup Cameras in Cars Save Lives?
KidsandCars.org President Janette Fennel on the needs for backup cameras on cars.
What Kind Of Parent Forgets A Child In A Broiling Car?
What kind of parent forgets their baby in a hot car? I ask that question every year at this time, as temperatures rise and the number of children who die grisly deaths -- literally baking in the backseat -- also start to climb. This year is shaping up to be a particularly bad one, on track to match the worst year ever.
When parents accidentally forget children in hot cars
The story of Kyrese Dwayne Anderson is tragic. The 3-year-old boy was left in a hot car in Florida for three hours and died of hyperthermia last Saturday.
Watch out: Government delays backup camera rule, again
A government rule that would require a backup camera to be standard on all new cars has been delayed a fourth time, now pushed to 2015.
Leaving a child alone in a car can quickly turn deadly
In the past 15 years, more than 550 children across the United States have died from heatstroke after being left alone in a car. That’s an average of 37 lives—an entire classroom full of children—lost each year to a completely avoidable accident.
