In an effort to curb the rising number of child heatstroke deaths, an alliance of major car makers on Wednesday plans to announce an agreement to include rear-seat alert systems in nearly all new cars and trucks.
The move, which the auto industry had largely resisted in the past,preempts pending legislation in Congress that would mandate rear-seat monitoring features on U.S.-sold vehicles. The push, fueled with bipartisan support, comes after 53 children died in hot cars last year, marking a record, according to noheatstroke.org....
More importantly, dogs
Isn't the carbon emissions going to kill these kids anyway?
This is apparently necessary. But let's be honest with ourselves, not all of those deaths were accidental. There. I said it. Somebody had to.
Hopefully design can be retrofitted for older vehicles
No. It’s stupid. If kid is sleeping it won’t detect motion. WAKE UP.
that fact that parents need a 'reminder' they put their child in the back seat is a pathetic showing of the start of parenting today. if you need to be reminded you have a child in your car, you should not have the child in the first place.
But we can’t do shit when guns kill people.