Heatstroke is the #1 way children under 14 die in cars!
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that children dying from a heatstroke after being left alone in a car is the #1 reason children die in "non-crash car-related deaths". The research is clear- a child can die in a car even with: 1. Windows open, 2. On a cloudy day 3. When the tempertures are cool (below 70 degrees). Cars heat up quickly and a child is 4 times less likely to be able to withstand the heat than an adult. A report from General Mot
Distractions are causing parents to forget their children in the back of cars!
A child died from heat stroke, on June 3, in Florida. The temperature that day was a high of 83 degrees. The inside temperature of a car, if it is parked in direct sunlight, can reach 130 degrees, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In fact, it only takes about 109 degrees for a child to succumb to heat stroke. Children do not have the same abilities as adults, they are three times more suseptible to high temperatures. The young girl was Reag
