According to Click 2 Houston, since 1990, over 800 children have been killed in the U.S. after being left in hot cars. Now, various members of the United States Congress are pushing forward to introduce legislation aimed at putting an end to hot car deaths.
Named the Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOT CARS) Act of 2017, the bill would require carmakers fit new vehicles with technology that alerts the driver if there are still passengers sitting in the rear after the car has been turned off.
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