Dead Wrong…
That is what you are if you think accidentally forgetting a childin a car is something that could never happen to you. Dead Wrong is what the parents were who believed they would never forget a child in a car…but did. Read this Pulitzer Prize winning article from Gene Weingarten. It is one of the best articles ever written on the parents who have made this horrific mistake. It clearly reveals that forgetting a child is a risk we all face and must take measures to...
Read MoreChild Passenger Safety High-Tech Solutions Unreliable
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just last week 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 has always been that non-tech solutions are...
Read MoreForgotten Child/Infant Hyperthermia: How It Kills; Ending It
Unless you are a medical practitioner, you may not be familiar with the medical aspects of child heat stroke or child / infant hyperthermia. What happens to the human body of a child who is exposed to high temperatures? The Daily News In Galveston, TX, recently printed an outstanding article by two professors of pediatrics on the dangers that heat in a car poses to a child or infant. Key points include: A child’s or infant’s body is not able to handle heat like an adult body can Leaving a...
Read MoreChild Left In Car Asleep
This is a follow up to my last post as we have another example of a parent leaving their child in a car. In this incident, the mom justified her decision to leave her child in a car so as not to wake him, and took precautions she felt were adequate to allow her to slip into a grocery store for just a few minutes. http://wreg.com/2012/05/31/batesville-mother-charged-with-child-neglect/ Child endangerment laws prohibit leaving a child unattended. There have been several incidents across the U.S. in the...
Read MoreChildren Left In Hot Cars: Know The Dangers
Almost daily I’m reading news feeds about parents across the U.S. that have deliberately left their child in a hot car. There must still be a large segment of the population that does not understand the risk this poses to children. This article from today’s Daily News in Galveston, TX, has one of the best medical descriptions to date of how heat in a car can injure and kill a child! http://galvestondailynews.com/story/318210 These news feeds are showing up becuase these parents are getting...
Read MoreThe Origin of the Pilot Checklist
Just as our MyCue™ 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 (from which MyCue™ was inspired) 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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