The United States is on track to report its lowest number of pediatric hot car deaths in a year since record-keeping on the subject began more than three decades ago, and child safety groups are pointing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a big factor.
With summer right around the corner, there have been two pediatric vehicular heatstroke fatalities across the country in 2020, well below normal for the first five-plus months of a calendar year. The average number of hot car deaths for children through June 10 is around nine, according to Jan Null, the founder of NoHeatStroke.org, a website that tracks hot car deaths across the country and analyzes vehicle heating dynamics.
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In past documented cases, the most likely days for children to gain access to a vehicle were Saturdays and Sundays, when school wasn't in session."With fewer parents and caregivers traveling to work, and fewer children attending childcare and pre-school, it is imperative that all drivers, even those without children, lock their unattended vehicles so children cannot gain access,"
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:45AM (2 children)
When I hear, "hot car death", I think of driving a Shelby Cobra off of Hwy 101 and crashing in a fireball. I've been drinking since 6pm and don't care to read TFA, so I'm going to just assume that's what this is about.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2020, @03:55AM
Live-axlel is a dinosaur-age garbage. It puts you in a ditch upside down. Even the august Ford Motor Corporation got "woke" on this.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday June 14 2020, @04:06AM