25 Children Lost Year-To-Date August 2014
According to the Jan Null, of San Francisco State University, year-to-date there have been 25 child hyperthermia deaths in cars. Not included in this statistic is the number of close calls that take place nationally. Learn more about the issue at: http://www.ggweather.com/heat/ Also, read about publicized close calls at: http://www.ggweather.com/heat/2014_close_calls.htm SBT Safety System’s MyCue® Streamer can serve as a reminder to parents and child caregivers that they have a child passenger seated...
Read MoreChild Passenger Safety High-Tech Solutions Unreliable
In 2012, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the results of year-long study of several automated alarm systems designed to warn parents of a child left behind in a vehicle, and unfortunately found them to be unreliable. You can read more about the study at the following: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/products-designed-to-alert-parents-of-a-child-left-in-a-car-seat-found-to-be-unreliable/ Our position at SBT Safety Systems has always been that non-tech solutions...
Read MoreChild Forgotten In A Hot Car: How Could Someone Do This?!
Have you ever asked or shouted this question? Read the Pulitzer Prize-winning article by Gene Weingarten on the subject published in 2009 in the Washington Post. Every parent or anyone who cares for children – and anyone who has ever asked this question should read this story. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/03/04/DI2009030402198.html
Read MoreThe Origin of the Pilot Checklist
Just as our MyCue® Streamer driver awareness device has been born out of the continuing tragedies surrounding children being forgotten and left in hot cars, the use of a checklist in aviation (the inspiration for our product) was also born out of tragedy: the 1935 accident of the Boeing 299 – the prototype of what would become the B-17. Read the story of the origin of the pilot...
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