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Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Date: June 23, 2014 08:35AM
Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
Even a short time in a hot car can cause heat stroke.
http://manassas.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/heat-cars-and-babies-how-to-prevent-this-from-happening-to-you-and-your-child
Every summer, and often even in spring, a report like this comes in: Parent headed for work with baby in the backseat, parent forgets about child, child left in hot car with predictable, tragic outcome.
That happened again Monday, this time in Florida, when a 9-month-old baby died after his father apparently forgot him in his pickup truck for hours with outside temperatures hovering around 90 degrees.
Last year, two babies died on the same day under similar circumstances in Maryland and Virginia.
•Also See: 7 Reasons I'm Ashamed To Be A Parent In America
According to KidsandCars.org, babies dying in hot cars happens about 38 times per year across the United States.
Such deaths continue to occur with disturbing frequency, happening to parents from all walks of life.
From a 2013 Patch report:
In 2009, Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning story attempting to answer how parents can forget their own children in cars.
“What kind of person forgets a baby?,” Weingarten asked. “The wealthy do, it turns out. And the poor, and the middle class. Parents of all ages and ethnicities do it. Mothers are just as likely to do it as fathers. It happens to the chronically absent-minded and to the fanatically organized, to the college-educated and to the marginally literate. In the last 10 years, it has happened to a dentist. A postal clerk. A social worker. A police officer. … A Protestant clergyman. … An assistant principal. It happened to a mental health counselor, a college professor and a pizza chef. It happened to a pediatrician. It happened to a rocket scientist.”
When outside temperatures are in the 60s, the temperature inside a parked car can rise to more than 110 degrees, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Temperatures can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes inside a car.
“Even with a window rolled down two inches, if the outside temperature is in the low 80s° Fahrenheit, the temperature inside a vehicle can reach deadly levels in only 10 minutes,” the NHTSA reports. Further, children’s bodies do not regulate heat as well as adults. “In fact, when left in a hot vehicle, a young child's body temperature may increase three to five times as fast an adult. High body temperatures can cause permanent injury or even death.”
How Not to Forget: Reminders and Tips
•This tragic mistake can happen to even the best, most conscientious parents and guardians. Here are some tips that may help from KidsandCars.org:
•Put your purse, briefcase or whatever you must take out of the car with you next to the child—not in the front seat with you.
•Situate a mirror in the backseat so you can see children easily who are still small enough to be in rear-facing child seats.
•“Look Before You Lock” – make it a habit of opening the back door and looking inside every single time you get out of your car, even if you think you’re sure you don’t have a child with you.
•Put a large stuffed animal in the child’s car seat when it’s not occupied, and move the stuffed animal to the front seat when the child is in the car seat. The stuffed animal will serve as a visual reminder in the front seat with you.
•Make sure your child’s daycare center or babysitter calls you if your child does not show up as scheduled.
Technology Solutions
At least two manufacturers (Suddenly Safe 'N' Secure Systems, Inc. and Baby Alert International) make “car seat alarms” that are designed to remind parents when they turn off the car that their child is in the car seat. The systems work by having a weight sensor on the car seat and a device on the parent’s keychain, according to CBN News. However, no technology solution is absolutely infallible and any efforts to remind parents about the presence of a sleeping child in the car should be combined with some of the reminders and tips above.
Even a short time in a hot car can cause heat stroke.
http://manassas.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/heat-cars-and-babies-how-to-prevent-this-from-happening-to-you-and-your-child
Every summer, and often even in spring, a report like this comes in: Parent headed for work with baby in the backseat, parent forgets about child, child left in hot car with predictable, tragic outcome.
That happened again Monday, this time in Florida, when a 9-month-old baby died after his father apparently forgot him in his pickup truck for hours with outside temperatures hovering around 90 degrees.
Last year, two babies died on the same day under similar circumstances in Maryland and Virginia.
•Also See: 7 Reasons I'm Ashamed To Be A Parent In America
According to KidsandCars.org, babies dying in hot cars happens about 38 times per year across the United States.
Such deaths continue to occur with disturbing frequency, happening to parents from all walks of life.
From a 2013 Patch report:
In 2009, Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning story attempting to answer how parents can forget their own children in cars.
“What kind of person forgets a baby?,” Weingarten asked. “The wealthy do, it turns out. And the poor, and the middle class. Parents of all ages and ethnicities do it. Mothers are just as likely to do it as fathers. It happens to the chronically absent-minded and to the fanatically organized, to the college-educated and to the marginally literate. In the last 10 years, it has happened to a dentist. A postal clerk. A social worker. A police officer. … A Protestant clergyman. … An assistant principal. It happened to a mental health counselor, a college professor and a pizza chef. It happened to a pediatrician. It happened to a rocket scientist.”
When outside temperatures are in the 60s, the temperature inside a parked car can rise to more than 110 degrees, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Temperatures can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes inside a car.
“Even with a window rolled down two inches, if the outside temperature is in the low 80s° Fahrenheit, the temperature inside a vehicle can reach deadly levels in only 10 minutes,” the NHTSA reports. Further, children’s bodies do not regulate heat as well as adults. “In fact, when left in a hot vehicle, a young child's body temperature may increase three to five times as fast an adult. High body temperatures can cause permanent injury or even death.”
How Not to Forget: Reminders and Tips
•This tragic mistake can happen to even the best, most conscientious parents and guardians. Here are some tips that may help from KidsandCars.org:
•Put your purse, briefcase or whatever you must take out of the car with you next to the child—not in the front seat with you.
•Situate a mirror in the backseat so you can see children easily who are still small enough to be in rear-facing child seats.
•“Look Before You Lock” – make it a habit of opening the back door and looking inside every single time you get out of your car, even if you think you’re sure you don’t have a child with you.
•Put a large stuffed animal in the child’s car seat when it’s not occupied, and move the stuffed animal to the front seat when the child is in the car seat. The stuffed animal will serve as a visual reminder in the front seat with you.
•Make sure your child’s daycare center or babysitter calls you if your child does not show up as scheduled.
Technology Solutions
At least two manufacturers (Suddenly Safe 'N' Secure Systems, Inc. and Baby Alert International) make “car seat alarms” that are designed to remind parents when they turn off the car that their child is in the car seat. The systems work by having a weight sensor on the car seat and a device on the parent’s keychain, according to CBN News. However, no technology solution is absolutely infallible and any efforts to remind parents about the presence of a sleeping child in the car should be combined with some of the reminders and tips above.
Mom: I Left My Baby In a Hot Car
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Date: July 14, 2014 10:37AM
Mom: I Left My Baby In a Hot Car
After another baby dies after being left in a hot car, a mother recounts a mistake that might have cost her daughter's life.
http://joliet.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/a-mother-remembers-i-left-my-baby-in-a-hot-car_2b3b387513708533
Ridgefield, CT – Forgetting a baby alone in the back seat of a car to bake in the summer heat — an unthinkable tragedy — is often blamed on negligence or bad parenting.
Barbara Baughman understands the reaction, but she also understands how such a simple act of forgetfulness — with potentially heart-wrenching consequences — might occur. A mother of six, she was once made the very mistake herself.
“It is a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible tragedy,” Baughman said Tuesday, a day after a 15-month-old in her hometown was found dead in the back seat of a car.
Monday’s tragedy in Ridgefield was one of three cases of children left in hot cars in a 24-hour period in Connecticut alone. The infant's death was one of 19 similar cases reported so far in 2014, including the troubling story of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son in the car for the better part of a day.
All of these incidents, including the one in their hometown reminded the Baughman family of a lesson they learned over a decade ago: the dangers of leaving a child in a hot car are real and could happen to anyone.
“We take so many things for granted that we sometimes forget the obvious dangers,” Baughman said. “People have to realize just a few minutes is all it takes.”
Twelve years ago, the Baughman family was moving from one home to another. Over the course of two weeks, they followed the same routine: shuttling between homes, with the parents moving the boxes and furniture while the older kids looked after the younger.
On one warm afternoon, with all the stresses of moving a family and an additional child in tow — one of the kid’s friends — everyone was distracted. No one had an eye on Emma, the Baugham’s 6-month-old daughter.
“Every single time for 2 weeks [one of the older kids] took Emma, but not that time,” Baughman said. “Everyone thought someone else had her.”
After almost 45 minutes, the family realized baby Emma was missing.
19 Child Deaths So Far: A Typical Year
“The biggest mistake a parent could make is to think this couldn’t happen to them,” said Sue Auriemma, vice-president of KidsAndCars.org, a research organization dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers vehicles pose to children. “It happens to the most loving and caring parents.”
With school out and summer temperatures on the rise, more and more reports have surfaced of kids being left in cars, with tragic endings.
•A Florida boy, 9 months old, forgotten in a truck for several hours.
•A 22-month-old Georgia boy left alone in the back seat for the better part of a day.
•A 15-month-old girl left in a car for 7 hours in Dogleville, N.Y.
Despite the flurry of reports, 2014 is about on pace to match the annual average for child deaths in hot vehicles, according to Auriemma.
On average, 38 children are killed every year due to heat stroke after being forgotten in cars.
There were 44 and 34 heat stroke related child deaths in cars nationwide in 2013 and 2012, respectively, according to KidsAndCars.org. A 20-year high of 49 deaths were recorded in 2010.
Child deaths from heat stroke began trending up dramatically in 1998 along with awareness of the dangers airbags pose to children in the front seat.
From 1990 to 1997, a total of 90 reported cases of children dying of heat stroke in cars were reported, an average of just over 11 per year. From 1998 to 2005, that number more than tripled to 304, an average of 38 per year.
As more parents began putting their children in the back of the car, more children were being forgotten.
“The rear seat is absolutely the safest place for a child," Auriemma stressed. “But measures need to be taken.”
Experts suggest taking simple steps to remind yourself that your child is in the back seat, like leaving your purse or briefcase in the back seat so that you have to check back there before leaving your car. Another is to leave a stuffed animal buckled into the carseat that will ride up front as a reminder when your child is in the back.
The most important thing is to make checking part of your routine.
Stress and Automatic Memory
Driving around town with her own young grandson Monday, Baughman recalled her own experience of leaving Emma in a hot car for 45 minutes, more than enough time for a child to die from heat stroke.
Baugham and her family were lucky. Emma was found safe in the family van but only by a stroke of luck. One of Baughman’s five other children had been car sick and left a window down, allowing enough air in the car for Emma to survive. She’s now a vibrant teenager — and avid Scrabble player.
If the window had been up, the story would likely have a tragic ending.
“Watching my grandson yesterday, it was all I could think about,” she said, remembering the sharp anxiety and feeling of relief when they discovered Emma safe.
After their close call 12 years ago, the Baughman family decided to take action and began making window decals that remind parents, “Closed Cars Don’t Breathe, Check Your Seats Before You Leave!” (Mother Barbara came up with the slogan and sisters Madison and Katie did the artwork and came up with the idea.)
“Put it on the front windshield or front passenger window or on the door to the garage,” wherever it will get noticed, Baughman said. “It’s just a simple reminder — and that’s all we need, just a reminder to look back.”
The human brain processes memory in two ways: consciously and automatically, with the latter taking over whenever stress mounts.
“When you’re driving somewhere you know — like driving to work — how many times have you gotten to a place and wondered how you got there?” Auriemma offered, explaining our automatic memory at work. “Any stress whatsoever and our brains default to that automatic memory,” putting people on autopilot.
“We’ve had parents drive back to the daycare center to pick their child up [with the child still in the car], sure they had dropped them off earlier,” she said. All it takes is “a little change in routine and usually some stress involved.”
“Those cars don’t breathe,” Baughman said, referencing the decal’s catchy tagline. “People don’t realize how quickly they can heat up. They think they’ll only be in the store for 5 minutes but it always ends up taking longer.”
The infant who passed away Monday evening in Ridgefield was in the vehicle for “an extended period of time,” according to police, however, “People have to realize just a few minutes is all it takes,” Baughman said.
For more tips, check out KidsAndCars.org and stop by EmmasInspirations.com for a decal.
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After another baby dies after being left in a hot car, a mother recounts a mistake that might have cost her daughter's life.
http://joliet.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/a-mother-remembers-i-left-my-baby-in-a-hot-car_2b3b387513708533
Ridgefield, CT – Forgetting a baby alone in the back seat of a car to bake in the summer heat — an unthinkable tragedy — is often blamed on negligence or bad parenting.
Barbara Baughman understands the reaction, but she also understands how such a simple act of forgetfulness — with potentially heart-wrenching consequences — might occur. A mother of six, she was once made the very mistake herself.
“It is a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible tragedy,” Baughman said Tuesday, a day after a 15-month-old in her hometown was found dead in the back seat of a car.
Monday’s tragedy in Ridgefield was one of three cases of children left in hot cars in a 24-hour period in Connecticut alone. The infant's death was one of 19 similar cases reported so far in 2014, including the troubling story of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son in the car for the better part of a day.
All of these incidents, including the one in their hometown reminded the Baughman family of a lesson they learned over a decade ago: the dangers of leaving a child in a hot car are real and could happen to anyone.
“We take so many things for granted that we sometimes forget the obvious dangers,” Baughman said. “People have to realize just a few minutes is all it takes.”
Twelve years ago, the Baughman family was moving from one home to another. Over the course of two weeks, they followed the same routine: shuttling between homes, with the parents moving the boxes and furniture while the older kids looked after the younger.
On one warm afternoon, with all the stresses of moving a family and an additional child in tow — one of the kid’s friends — everyone was distracted. No one had an eye on Emma, the Baugham’s 6-month-old daughter.
“Every single time for 2 weeks [one of the older kids] took Emma, but not that time,” Baughman said. “Everyone thought someone else had her.”
After almost 45 minutes, the family realized baby Emma was missing.
19 Child Deaths So Far: A Typical Year
“The biggest mistake a parent could make is to think this couldn’t happen to them,” said Sue Auriemma, vice-president of KidsAndCars.org, a research organization dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers vehicles pose to children. “It happens to the most loving and caring parents.”
With school out and summer temperatures on the rise, more and more reports have surfaced of kids being left in cars, with tragic endings.
•A Florida boy, 9 months old, forgotten in a truck for several hours.
•A 22-month-old Georgia boy left alone in the back seat for the better part of a day.
•A 15-month-old girl left in a car for 7 hours in Dogleville, N.Y.
Despite the flurry of reports, 2014 is about on pace to match the annual average for child deaths in hot vehicles, according to Auriemma.
On average, 38 children are killed every year due to heat stroke after being forgotten in cars.
There were 44 and 34 heat stroke related child deaths in cars nationwide in 2013 and 2012, respectively, according to KidsAndCars.org. A 20-year high of 49 deaths were recorded in 2010.
Child deaths from heat stroke began trending up dramatically in 1998 along with awareness of the dangers airbags pose to children in the front seat.
From 1990 to 1997, a total of 90 reported cases of children dying of heat stroke in cars were reported, an average of just over 11 per year. From 1998 to 2005, that number more than tripled to 304, an average of 38 per year.
As more parents began putting their children in the back of the car, more children were being forgotten.
“The rear seat is absolutely the safest place for a child," Auriemma stressed. “But measures need to be taken.”
Experts suggest taking simple steps to remind yourself that your child is in the back seat, like leaving your purse or briefcase in the back seat so that you have to check back there before leaving your car. Another is to leave a stuffed animal buckled into the carseat that will ride up front as a reminder when your child is in the back.
The most important thing is to make checking part of your routine.
Stress and Automatic Memory
Driving around town with her own young grandson Monday, Baughman recalled her own experience of leaving Emma in a hot car for 45 minutes, more than enough time for a child to die from heat stroke.
Baugham and her family were lucky. Emma was found safe in the family van but only by a stroke of luck. One of Baughman’s five other children had been car sick and left a window down, allowing enough air in the car for Emma to survive. She’s now a vibrant teenager — and avid Scrabble player.
If the window had been up, the story would likely have a tragic ending.
“Watching my grandson yesterday, it was all I could think about,” she said, remembering the sharp anxiety and feeling of relief when they discovered Emma safe.
After their close call 12 years ago, the Baughman family decided to take action and began making window decals that remind parents, “Closed Cars Don’t Breathe, Check Your Seats Before You Leave!” (Mother Barbara came up with the slogan and sisters Madison and Katie did the artwork and came up with the idea.)
“Put it on the front windshield or front passenger window or on the door to the garage,” wherever it will get noticed, Baughman said. “It’s just a simple reminder — and that’s all we need, just a reminder to look back.”
The human brain processes memory in two ways: consciously and automatically, with the latter taking over whenever stress mounts.
“When you’re driving somewhere you know — like driving to work — how many times have you gotten to a place and wondered how you got there?” Auriemma offered, explaining our automatic memory at work. “Any stress whatsoever and our brains default to that automatic memory,” putting people on autopilot.
“We’ve had parents drive back to the daycare center to pick their child up [with the child still in the car], sure they had dropped them off earlier,” she said. All it takes is “a little change in routine and usually some stress involved.”
“Those cars don’t breathe,” Baughman said, referencing the decal’s catchy tagline. “People don’t realize how quickly they can heat up. They think they’ll only be in the store for 5 minutes but it always ends up taking longer.”
The infant who passed away Monday evening in Ridgefield was in the vehicle for “an extended period of time,” according to police, however, “People have to realize just a few minutes is all it takes,” Baughman said.
For more tips, check out KidsAndCars.org and stop by EmmasInspirations.com for a decal.
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Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Date: July 14, 2014 10:56AM
self absorbed dumbfuqs. Bleach for the gene pool.
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Independent
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Date: July 14, 2014 11:02AM
How much of an asshole do you have to be to leave your child in a hot car?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2014 11:02AM by Independent.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2014 11:02AM by Independent.
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Good question???
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Date: July 14, 2014 11:14AM
Independent Wrote:
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> How much of an asshole do you have to be to leave
> your child in a hot car?
How does this happen at all?
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> How much of an asshole do you have to be to leave
> your child in a hot car?
How does this happen at all?
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Date: July 14, 2014 12:42PM
Good question??? Wrote:
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> Independent Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > How much of an asshole do you have to be to
> leave
> > your child in a hot car?
>
> How does this happen at all?
One frequent explanation is a change in the usual routine. Read Weingarten's story, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
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> Independent Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > How much of an asshole do you have to be to
> leave
> > your child in a hot car?
>
> How does this happen at all?
One frequent explanation is a change in the usual routine. Read Weingarten's story, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
Posted by:
dWNuL
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Date: July 14, 2014 12:47PM
......
>
> How Not to Forget: Reminders and Tips
> •This tragic mistake can happen to even the
> best, most conscientious parents and guardians.
> Here are some tips that may help from
> KidsandCars.org:
> •Put your purse, briefcase or whatever you must
> take out of the car with you next to the
> child—not in the front seat with you.
> •Situate a mirror in the backseat so you can see
> children easily who are still small enough to be
> in rear-facing child seats.
> •“Look Before You Lock” – make it a habit
> of opening the back door and looking inside every
> single time you get out of your car, even if you
> think you’re sure you don’t have a child with
> you.
> •Put a large stuffed animal in the child’s car
> seat when it’s not occupied, and move the
> stuffed animal to the front seat when the child is
> in the car seat. The stuffed animal will serve as
> a visual reminder in the front seat with you.
> •Make sure your child’s daycare center or
> babysitter calls you if your child does not show
> up as scheduled.
>
> Technology Solutions
>
> At least two manufacturers (Suddenly Safe 'N'
> Secure Systems, Inc. and Baby Alert International)
> make “car seat alarms” that are designed to
> remind parents when they turn off the car that
> their child is in the car seat. The systems work
> by having a weight sensor on the car seat and a
> device on the parent’s keychain, according to
> CBN News. However, no technology solution is
> absolutely infallible and any efforts to remind
> parents about the presence of a sleeping child in
> the car should be combined with some of the
> reminders and tips above.
Another simple reminder is to run a long ribbon from the baby seat to the driver seat, and clip the end to your ignition key when you put the baby in the seat. You can't put the key in your pocket or purse without unclipping it.
>
> How Not to Forget: Reminders and Tips
> •This tragic mistake can happen to even the
> best, most conscientious parents and guardians.
> Here are some tips that may help from
> KidsandCars.org:
> •Put your purse, briefcase or whatever you must
> take out of the car with you next to the
> child—not in the front seat with you.
> •Situate a mirror in the backseat so you can see
> children easily who are still small enough to be
> in rear-facing child seats.
> •“Look Before You Lock” – make it a habit
> of opening the back door and looking inside every
> single time you get out of your car, even if you
> think you’re sure you don’t have a child with
> you.
> •Put a large stuffed animal in the child’s car
> seat when it’s not occupied, and move the
> stuffed animal to the front seat when the child is
> in the car seat. The stuffed animal will serve as
> a visual reminder in the front seat with you.
> •Make sure your child’s daycare center or
> babysitter calls you if your child does not show
> up as scheduled.
>
> Technology Solutions
>
> At least two manufacturers (Suddenly Safe 'N'
> Secure Systems, Inc. and Baby Alert International)
> make “car seat alarms” that are designed to
> remind parents when they turn off the car that
> their child is in the car seat. The systems work
> by having a weight sensor on the car seat and a
> device on the parent’s keychain, according to
> CBN News. However, no technology solution is
> absolutely infallible and any efforts to remind
> parents about the presence of a sleeping child in
> the car should be combined with some of the
> reminders and tips above.
Another simple reminder is to run a long ribbon from the baby seat to the driver seat, and clip the end to your ignition key when you put the baby in the seat. You can't put the key in your pocket or purse without unclipping it.
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Melinda fan
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Date: July 14, 2014 12:49PM
Wonder if she would leave a child in the hot car?
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Huey
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Date: July 14, 2014 01:25PM
This is a side effect of all the safety stuff parents have to go through now with their kids. Used to be the kids were in the front seat (I call shotgun!) where they could not be missed. Now they have to be in the back, strapped in, etc. Easier to forget when you don't see them and have other stuff on your mind. An interesting comparison would be how many lives has all the safety stuff saved compared to the number of lives lost forgotten in a hot car.
Shoppers smash window to free 2 kids in hot car
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Date: July 15, 2014 12:14PM
Shoppers smash window to free 2 kids in hot car
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/15/toddlers-left-in-car-rescued/12663261/
KATY, Texas — Shoppers who thought they had no time to spare after noticing two kids in a hot jeep Monday afternoon took matters into their own hands.
Some of them tried to smash open the windows to try and free the small boy and girl.
"It was a crazy situation," said Gabriel Del Valle, who used his cellphone to shoot video of the incident.
Del Valle said he stepped out of his nearby shop in the strip center when he heard the children.
"The kids were in there crying," said Del Valle. "I mean you would understand. It's real hot."
Del Valle said one man used a hammer to shatter a car window.
"And even then they could barely open the doors because there was a child lock on. Kids were in the crying."
After several minutes, the kids were freed. The children's mother apparently said she had left them there so that she could get a haircut.
But Del Valle said he thinks nothing justifies leaving the mother's actions.
"Even a dog can die, so imagine a person," he said.
No one called the police. In fact, Del Valle said the mom pleaded with everyone and said she had made a terrible mistake.
The children appeared unharmed.
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/15/toddlers-left-in-car-rescued/12663261/
KATY, Texas — Shoppers who thought they had no time to spare after noticing two kids in a hot jeep Monday afternoon took matters into their own hands.
Some of them tried to smash open the windows to try and free the small boy and girl.
"It was a crazy situation," said Gabriel Del Valle, who used his cellphone to shoot video of the incident.
Del Valle said he stepped out of his nearby shop in the strip center when he heard the children.
"The kids were in there crying," said Del Valle. "I mean you would understand. It's real hot."
Del Valle said one man used a hammer to shatter a car window.
"And even then they could barely open the doors because there was a child lock on. Kids were in the crying."
After several minutes, the kids were freed. The children's mother apparently said she had left them there so that she could get a haircut.
But Del Valle said he thinks nothing justifies leaving the mother's actions.
"Even a dog can die, so imagine a person," he said.
No one called the police. In fact, Del Valle said the mom pleaded with everyone and said she had made a terrible mistake.
The children appeared unharmed.
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Date: July 16, 2014 08:26AM
Hot Car Deaths: Petition Asks White House for Funding, Regulations
The safety advocacy group KidsAndCars.org has created a petition it hopes will allocate more national funding for technologies to detect children who are left alone in hot cars.
http://mclean.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/kidsandcarsorg-launches-national-petition-to-prevent-child-deaths-in-hot-vehicles73242
KidsAndCars.org is launching a national effort to prevent child heat stroke deaths in vehicles.
The child safety organization filed a petition Monday, July 14, on the White House’s “We The People” website. KidsAndCars.org hopes the petition will push the Obama administration to allow the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide more funding for research and development of technologies to detect children left alone in vehicles.
Specifically, the petition would implement the following measures:
•Provide funding for research and development of innovative technology.
•Identify, evaluate and test new technology to accelerate implementation of the most feasible and effective solutions.
•Require installation of technology in all vehicles and/or child safety seats to prevent children from being left alone left alone in vehicles.
Also watch: Adults Torture Themselves in Hot Cars
"The auto industry already recognizes we're human and our memories often fail us. You get a warning if you don't buckle your seatbelt, leave a car door open, your gas is low or you leave your headlights on," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of KidsAndCars.org, in a statement. "If you forget your keys in the ignition, you get a warning. If a child is left behind, you absolutely need a warning. The federal government and automakers have the ability to solve this problem, and we need action now."
According to KidsAndCars.org, more than 670 U.S. children have died in hot cars since 1994. Already this year, more than 17 children have died in hot cars.
When outside temperatures are in the 60s, the temperature inside a parked car can rise to more than 110 degrees, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Temperatures can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes inside a car.
KidsAndCars.org has previously petitioned successfully for requiring all vehicles to be equipped with trunk release latches to prevent child entrapment, safer power window switches to prevent strangling, and brake transmission shift interlock systems to prevent vehicles from being accidentally knocked into gear.
The new petition needs to collect 100,000 signatures by Aug. 12 to reach the White House.
"We believe the public wants action now," Fennell said in a statement. "These deaths are happening too frequently in communities across the country and the petition will ensure White House attention and a response."
For more information: kidsandcars.org
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The safety advocacy group KidsAndCars.org has created a petition it hopes will allocate more national funding for technologies to detect children who are left alone in hot cars.
http://mclean.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/kidsandcarsorg-launches-national-petition-to-prevent-child-deaths-in-hot-vehicles73242
KidsAndCars.org is launching a national effort to prevent child heat stroke deaths in vehicles.
The child safety organization filed a petition Monday, July 14, on the White House’s “We The People” website. KidsAndCars.org hopes the petition will push the Obama administration to allow the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide more funding for research and development of technologies to detect children left alone in vehicles.
Specifically, the petition would implement the following measures:
•Provide funding for research and development of innovative technology.
•Identify, evaluate and test new technology to accelerate implementation of the most feasible and effective solutions.
•Require installation of technology in all vehicles and/or child safety seats to prevent children from being left alone left alone in vehicles.
Also watch: Adults Torture Themselves in Hot Cars
"The auto industry already recognizes we're human and our memories often fail us. You get a warning if you don't buckle your seatbelt, leave a car door open, your gas is low or you leave your headlights on," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of KidsAndCars.org, in a statement. "If you forget your keys in the ignition, you get a warning. If a child is left behind, you absolutely need a warning. The federal government and automakers have the ability to solve this problem, and we need action now."
According to KidsAndCars.org, more than 670 U.S. children have died in hot cars since 1994. Already this year, more than 17 children have died in hot cars.
When outside temperatures are in the 60s, the temperature inside a parked car can rise to more than 110 degrees, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Temperatures can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes inside a car.
KidsAndCars.org has previously petitioned successfully for requiring all vehicles to be equipped with trunk release latches to prevent child entrapment, safer power window switches to prevent strangling, and brake transmission shift interlock systems to prevent vehicles from being accidentally knocked into gear.
The new petition needs to collect 100,000 signatures by Aug. 12 to reach the White House.
"We believe the public wants action now," Fennell said in a statement. "These deaths are happening too frequently in communities across the country and the petition will ensure White House attention and a response."
For more information: kidsandcars.org
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Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
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Cold Car Deaths
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Date: July 16, 2014 09:10AM
Same thing. More Gov, please...
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
Posted by:
infanticide
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Date: July 16, 2014 09:15AM
Good question??? Wrote:
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> Independent Wrote:
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> > How much of an asshole do you have to be to
> leave
> > your child in a hot car?
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> How does this happen at all?
A significant number of these "accidents" are actually intentional infanticides.
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> Independent Wrote:
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> > How much of an asshole do you have to be to
> leave
> > your child in a hot car?
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> How does this happen at all?
A significant number of these "accidents" are actually intentional infanticides.
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
Posted by:
Priapus
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Date: July 16, 2014 05:21PM
Those little coffins are so cute. Do they come in pink and blue?
Mom says she accidentally locked keys, kids in car
Posted by:
Parents behaving badly
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Date: July 18, 2014 08:07AM
Mom says she accidentally locked keys, kids in car
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/16/mom-accidentally-locked-kids-car/12721727/
KATY, Texas — A cellphone video purporting to film children being rescued from a hot car while their mother was in a hair salon, actually showed a woman breaking into her own SUV after accidentally locking her toddlers — and her keys — in the vehicle, witnesses say.
"It's not like she left the kids in the car, no," said Azir Brohi. "It's not like she did something wrong."
Brohi, owner of Postal Plus One, has surveillance video from inside the suburban Houston store showing the mother walk in with her two toddlers. The children play in the store while Mom wraps up an errand. She then takes one child by the hand, and the three walk out together.
"When she finished, she went outside and was putting her kids in the car like normal," said Heidy Lopez, a Postal Plus One employee. "When she was finished putting them in the car seat, I guess that's when it locked and that's when everything happened."
In a phone call with KHOU, the mom said that after locking her kids in the car, she called her insurance company and was told it be two hours before someone could come to open the Jeep.
At that point, the woman appears on the store video frantically walking back in, asking for help. Another customer inside the store grabbed a hammer and went out into the lot and broke the Jeep's back window. On cellphone video posted online by KHOU-TV that went viral Monday, children can be heard crying in the background and the mother appears upset.
"She was screaming, trying to get the little girl to open the door," said Gabriel del Valle, who made the original cellphone video and said he thought the woman had come from a hair salon.
In fact, it was Mom who climbed through the broken SUV window to reach her children. Witnesses said the toddlers were in the car less than five minutes.
"Like a caring mother, she watches over her kids," said Lopez.
As the video continues, the customer who broke the window walks back into Postal Plus One with cuts on his arm followed by the mother and her two toddlers sipping on bottles of water.
"They were OK," said Lopez. "She seemed happy and relieved. She came inside because she wanted to calm down after everything that happened."
The woman and her children were not identified. The police were not called, and the Harris County Sheriff's Department is not investigating the incident.
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/16/mom-accidentally-locked-kids-car/12721727/
KATY, Texas — A cellphone video purporting to film children being rescued from a hot car while their mother was in a hair salon, actually showed a woman breaking into her own SUV after accidentally locking her toddlers — and her keys — in the vehicle, witnesses say.
"It's not like she left the kids in the car, no," said Azir Brohi. "It's not like she did something wrong."
Brohi, owner of Postal Plus One, has surveillance video from inside the suburban Houston store showing the mother walk in with her two toddlers. The children play in the store while Mom wraps up an errand. She then takes one child by the hand, and the three walk out together.
"When she finished, she went outside and was putting her kids in the car like normal," said Heidy Lopez, a Postal Plus One employee. "When she was finished putting them in the car seat, I guess that's when it locked and that's when everything happened."
In a phone call with KHOU, the mom said that after locking her kids in the car, she called her insurance company and was told it be two hours before someone could come to open the Jeep.
At that point, the woman appears on the store video frantically walking back in, asking for help. Another customer inside the store grabbed a hammer and went out into the lot and broke the Jeep's back window. On cellphone video posted online by KHOU-TV that went viral Monday, children can be heard crying in the background and the mother appears upset.
"She was screaming, trying to get the little girl to open the door," said Gabriel del Valle, who made the original cellphone video and said he thought the woman had come from a hair salon.
In fact, it was Mom who climbed through the broken SUV window to reach her children. Witnesses said the toddlers were in the car less than five minutes.
"Like a caring mother, she watches over her kids," said Lopez.
As the video continues, the customer who broke the window walks back into Postal Plus One with cuts on his arm followed by the mother and her two toddlers sipping on bottles of water.
"They were OK," said Lopez. "She seemed happy and relieved. She came inside because she wanted to calm down after everything that happened."
The woman and her children were not identified. The police were not called, and the Harris County Sheriff's Department is not investigating the incident.
Re: Another Baby Dies In Another Hot Car: How This Happens And How To Prevent It
Posted by:
Zitzbath Zark
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Date: July 18, 2014 08:56PM
How long before you get the smell of dead baby out of the car?