Posted on 08/18/2018 4:27:17 AM PDT by sodpoodle
The official start of summer comes later this month, but already children have died after being left unattended in hot cars, according to the nonprofit National Safety Council, drawing attention to an issue that kills an average of 37 children a year.
The council released a report this month that says 742 US children died of heatstroke in vehicles between 1998 and 2017. Forty-two children died in these conditions in 2017, up from 39 the previous year.
Just 21 states have laws regarding this issue, the report says; eight include the possibility of felony charges for individuals who deliberately leave a child alone.
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“How about this? A law that all childrens’ booster seats be on the car roof, and you must give them umbrellas when you leave them handcuffed there.”
Don’t give Romney any ideas.
Give the brat a big gulp and he’ll be fine. Needs a trip to the bathroom though.
Did you know that Romney wanted to kill big bird? That’s Obama’s legacy — he ‘saved’ big bird.
Ban car windows.
Yea, a close call.
Odd, that's what my wife said to me.
I like your tech solutions.
I know someone who left their kid in a car with closed windows on a hot day while in my driveway!
Some people are just zucking stupid—and they vote. :-(
Air conditioner should not be able to be shut off until you confirm no child is in the car.
Auto ac turn on when leaving car.
Also ban all autos without ac
Install recorded message “ Check to see if you left your child or pet in the car.”
ABC News talking head said you should “put something important” in the back seat so you’ll have a reason to look back there. WTF?
“Odd, that’s what my wife said to me.”
Yea, I try to have fun with my tag lines. I live in Texas and half of the people here feel it necessary to drive a 6,000 lb. truck to the office every day, and some are pretty damn wimpy.
My other tag line is something like “I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald’s, but I don’t tell anyone”. I figure that a lot of FReepers actually do go to those places with their families, after blasting them here, in order to feel important...otherwise those places wouldn’t be doing so well.
I would have thought it was more. Not wishing that, just thought the number would be higher.
Just spay all the females. that would solve the child problem, stop all childhood deaths and stop global warming at the same time.
Annually, about 37 children die from “unsafe sleeping conditions”....in West Virginia...ONE state...with a population under 2 million!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTRgX3TGM1c&t=5s (at about 1:28)
Extrapolated out, that would mean more than 6,000 children die annually on a national scale.
Whether it’s the numbers or the priorities, something is seriously messed up here!
Not kidding. This would probably have saved all or most all of these children.
Everyone know how to rear children except those who have them may be true.
Wow, that is news. How is it these 37 children manage to die more than once?
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