Super said:More safety laws should be passed I tell you and especially inside homes by having Gov inspections.
What BS is doing is already against the law. How would more safety laws improve this situation?
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Super said:More safety laws should be passed I tell you and especially inside homes by having Gov inspections.
Arved said:What BS is doing is already against the law. How would more safety laws improve this situation?
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pigeonbus said:I just read that article and she said that she was just protecting her baby. How is holding him 3 inches from the airbag protecting him from the paparrazi?
rjstaaf said:I think you missed the sarcasm in the Super's post :chuckle:
Tasty said:This happens so many times a day across the country. Just the other day on my afternoon run I saw a guy going down the street doing this exact thing. Why should we care about her if we don't care about all the others? Celebrity news and "People" type magazines are utter crap.
zippymbr said:It's just like people who leave their kids in the car while they run into a store.
Setec Astronomy said::sign I started driving when I was 2 (way before child seats). My mother forgot something and went back into the house. I pulled on the gear lever and wound up in the neighbor's front yard. No damage done, except to my mother's ego when the neighbor came to the door with me in her arms.
zippymbr said:It's just like people who leave their kids in the car while they run into a store. Although not as dangerous as a kid in the lap infront of an airbag, it's just as stupid. You need a license to drive a car, but an idiot can spread their knees get a donation and have a kid.
Scottwax said:...she said. "I love my child and would do anything to protect him."
Scottwax said:We also have kids regularly die in the summer because the parents left the baby in the car. EVERY SINGLE YEAR!![]()
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New Display Warns Parents, Caregivers on Heat Dangers
Never Leave Your Child Alone Campaign Takes Message to NASCAR Races
DETROIT – The increasingly busy lifestyles of parents and caregivers and the oven-like temperatures inside a closed vehicle are again proving to be a deadly combination as summer temperatures rise.
Media reports show that through June 23 this year, eight children in eight different states died from hyperthermia and exposure after being left in closed and locked vehicles. In six cases, parents or caregivers intentionally or inadvertently left them in a vehicle. In two cases, the child got into the vehicle unnoticed and couldn’t get out.
At least 38 children died because they were left alone in closed automobiles in 2004 and were undiscovered in the few minutes it took for the temperature inside the car to elevate. In most cases, parents or guardians forgot the child or stepped away for a few minutes, not realizing how hot their vehicle could get or how quickly.
General Motors, Chevrolet and Safe Kids Worldwide are teaming up again this year to raise awareness of the dangers through the Never Leave Your Child Alone information campaign. The shocking difference between even a mild outside temperature and the temperature inside a closed vehicle is the centerpiece of a new display at this weekend’s Pepsi 400 NASCAR race in Daytona, Fla.
“It is never safe to leave a child unattended in a motor vehicle – even with a window slightly open,� said Martin Eichelberger, M.D., president and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide and director of Emergency Trauma Services at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington , D.C. “On a sunny day the temperature inside a vehicle can reach deadly levels within minutes.�
Visual cues and reminders are the best way to avoid the tragedy that has affected hundreds of families. Leaving a diaper bag on the front seat of the car or putting a briefcase that will be needed at your destination on the floor in the back seat are just two suggestions to remember to check for a child in the back seat.
The Never Leave Your Child Alone display will be part of the Chevrolet pavilion at the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis and the GFS 400 at the Michigan International Speedway in August. The display regularly travels with GM’s Auto Show in Motion and is supported by Safe Kids Worldwide volunteers as part of the Safe Kids Worldwide Buckle Up exhibit.
Scottwax said:3-4 times a year in the Dallas area, we have an Amber alert because some idiot left their kid in the car with the keys in the ignition and the engine running. We also have kids regularly die in the summer because the parents left the baby in the car. EVERY SINGLE YEAR!![]()
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Aurora40 said:I mean, GM and NASCAR have to team up to explain to people that "It is never safe to leave a child unattended in a motor vehicle"???
Arved said:"Common sense" has been an oxymoron now for decades.
What's common makes no sense, and sense is no longer common.