Have We Gone Too Far? NHTSA Studies Systems To Warn Parents That They Left A Child In The Vehicle

The U.S. auto industry rightly has been criticized for opposing government safety regulations over the years, but auto makers still need to push back when regulators go overboard.

A good place to start pushing is the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin.’s investigation into technology that prevents children from dying in hot cars from heat stroke, or hyperthermia.

NHTSA convened a major roundtable on child hyperthermia last July in Washington.

It since has hosted numerous town hall meetings in hot-weather states with health professionals, victims, law enforcement and concerned parents to gather information as part of a nationwide effort to step up child heatstroke education and prevention.

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Joe_Limon - 10/14/2011 12:02:06 PM

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How silly, these parents already know that they left their children in the car! They don't need a reminder.

Agent009 - 10/14/2011 2:40:07 PM

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People are too willing to shun responsibility.

internationalmanofmystery - 10/14/2011 1:19:19 PM

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If it saves just ONE child, I am all for it!!

Bmw8ter - 10/16/2011 12:06:19 PM

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BSBB....piss off with the political rhetoric. This isn't fox news you lemming.

ThierryHenry14 - 10/17/2011 12:03:41 PM

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How about we stick to the topic of cars?

kablaam - 10/14/2011 10:45:51 PM

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Well if they make it a government standard then it only adds to the cost of the car. If you're too stupid or neglectful to know that your child is in the car, then you shouldn't be driving.

I can see it now.......the warning chimes are going off "reminding" you that your child is in the car. You are too preoccupied with your twitter updates on your cell phone that you ignore the chimes and walk away from the vehicle. The unthinkable happens and you now sue the automaker for millions, win, and automaker then passes the costs down to everyone else.

No thanks.

ThierryHenry14 - 10/17/2011 12:02:45 PM

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"If you're too stupid or neglectful to know that your child is in the car, then you shouldn't be driving."

Or maybe they shouldn't be having a child if they are going to "forget" about he/she.

truckman - 10/16/2011 2:59:03 AM

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We need to be saved from stupidity.

AgentOrange - 10/16/2011 12:55:39 PM

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Can they develop a skin detector in the drivers seat - I may forget to put my pants on in the morning..

1c3am5 - 10/17/2011 8:28:12 AM

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In the long term, are we really doing society a favor to save the spawn of people who forget their children are in a car? I'll take the risk that the person who may someday cures cance dies in his welfare-mom's Kia while she is in the casino trying to pay the rent.

internationalmanofmystery - 10/17/2011 9:55:33 AM

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Iseedeadpeople:

Republican AND Christian Catholic!! Wow!! The "Italian" part of that comment I get, but wow!!!

1c3am5 - 10/18/2011 6:37:02 AM

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That's a great idea Bill! Let's repeal the last century's nanny-state creep towards one-world government while keeping the technological advances! Please, no-red herrings like civil rights and sensible pollution regulation... This version of America keeps its social progress.

Just imagine a newly emerging American nation circa 1912! The government breaks up anti-competitve monopolies rather then being owned by them. There is no income tax, and America funds itself through import tariffs. People who vote can actually read and comprehend important issues. There is a stigma attached to being anything less than independant. Free-enterprise brings breakthroughs like electric lighting, radio, refrigeration, low-cost personal transportation, etc. America's foreign poilcy is not to get bogged-down with Europe's tribalism/feudalism, and pursue a grand new experiment called democracy!

Hurray!