The HOT CARS Act of 2019 would require an audible vehicle warning that would alert drivers to someone in the back seat if the engine is turned off.
As summer temperatures rise, car safety advocacy groups hoping to draw attention to hot car deaths will be aided by a bill intended to equip new vehicles with technology that detects sleeping children in hot cars.
"No child should endure the tragedy of dying while trapped in a hot vehicle," he said."The unfortunate reality is that even good, loving and attentive parents can get distracted." This year alone, according to a San Jose State University project, 16 children have died of vehicular heat strokes. Fifty-two children died from the same cause in 2018. These are all deaths that car safety advocates say are entirely preventable.
While locked in that trunk, she struggled to find the tool that would allow her to open the trunk of her car and escape, and -- by what Fennell describes as"divine" intervention -- she eventually found it. They drove away from the scene only to find their son sitting in his car seat by their driveway.
When a child is left behind in a hot vehicle, it takes only minutes for their core body temperature to rise dangerously high, according to information from KidsandCars.org. Children have even died in hot cars on days where the outside temperature was in the 50s. "The loss of any life is tragic, and greater public awareness and vigilance are absolutely crucial to help save young lives, right now, this week," the organization said in a statement."The alliance will carefully review any legislative proposals keeping in mind that fewer than 13 percent of new car buyers have a child 6 years old or younger."
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