Forgetting a Child in a Back Seat Can Kill. Cars May Soon Warn You.
- 7 years ago
Forgetting a Child in a Back Seat Can Kill. Cars May Soon Warn You.
And while automakers offer technology that steers a vehicle or alerts drivers to a car in the next lane,
they have not released technology to tell drivers when they are forgetting a child in the back seat.
And the proposed mandate for notification technology in cars misses the targeted population, because so few parents of young children buy new cars.”
This is not the first time that the Auto Alliance has dismissed the need for regulation.
“We shouldn’t overemphasize the effectiveness of technology,” he said, adding
that a government requirement for warning devices would initially have minimal impact, because the vast majority of cars on the road are years old.
After the proposed rules were released in July, the group said: “In particular, we are concerned about proposals where it takes many years before results are seen,
because 18 lives have already been lost this year in hot cars.
But congressional lawmakers are now weighing whether to require new cars to include a device for detecting children in the back seat
and warning the driver of their presence after the car has been turned off.
While some automakers, like Hyundai, General Motors
and Nissan, have voluntarily developed some types of warning systems, the auto industry has been reluctant to add the technology required by the bills.
And while automakers offer technology that steers a vehicle or alerts drivers to a car in the next lane,
they have not released technology to tell drivers when they are forgetting a child in the back seat.
And the proposed mandate for notification technology in cars misses the targeted population, because so few parents of young children buy new cars.”
This is not the first time that the Auto Alliance has dismissed the need for regulation.
“We shouldn’t overemphasize the effectiveness of technology,” he said, adding
that a government requirement for warning devices would initially have minimal impact, because the vast majority of cars on the road are years old.
After the proposed rules were released in July, the group said: “In particular, we are concerned about proposals where it takes many years before results are seen,
because 18 lives have already been lost this year in hot cars.
But congressional lawmakers are now weighing whether to require new cars to include a device for detecting children in the back seat
and warning the driver of their presence after the car has been turned off.
While some automakers, like Hyundai, General Motors
and Nissan, have voluntarily developed some types of warning systems, the auto industry has been reluctant to add the technology required by the bills.