US legislation pushes heat technology to avoid suffocation in children's cars

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According to CBS, a new US proposal requires all cars to be equipped with thermal sensors. Once the car is turned off, the car owner will be automatically reminded once the child is stranded in the back seat.

Miles and Carol Harrison always wanted a child, so the couple were very happy when they adopted Chase. One day in 2008, the outdoor temperature reached 90°F (about 32°C), and the busy Myers forgot to put the 21-month-old child in the back seat down at the nursery. The child has been trapped in the car during his work. "I can't forgive myself so far, I am very sad, I killed my son." Myers said. "People always think that they will not run into such a thing, and they will regret it when they meet." Caro said.

Since 1998, more than 700 children have been killed in high temperatures in cars, and an average of 37 children have died each year. The first seven months of 2017 is the period in which children’s high temperature deaths have occurred the most since 2010. Such tragedies can come very quickly. When the outdoor temperature reaches about 90 °F (about 32 ° C), the temperature in the car can rise to above 130 ° F (about 54 ° C) in less than one hour.

To prevent the same tragedy from happening again, US Senator Blumenta proposed a bill requiring automakers to introduce thermal sensing technology to alert owners when children are forgotten in the rear seat. “Like seat belts and airbags, this product is also indispensable to consumers.” Blumenta said

General Motors has equipped similar sensors for some of its models since 2017, but the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers believes the proposal cannot satisfy the most needy customers. “Family families rarely buy new cars. ". Even so, the Harrison still hopes that the proposal will pass. Myers said with tears, "You can't let other families repeat the same mistakes, and this bill can achieve this wish."

Blument Tower believes that if the equipment can be standardized, its cost can be greatly reduced. He said that the two parties in the United States should jointly support the implementation of this measure, and hope that the bill can be implemented in new cars from 2019.