Off-Topic: Children and hot car deaths Recent Deaths of Kids in Hot Cars Prompt Pleas to Parents
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/recent-deaths-kids-hot-cars-prompts-pleas-parents-40897896 Fennell, whose organization tracks such deaths, said the number began dramatically rising in the 1990s with the passing of laws requiring that young children be placed in the back seat to avoid air-bag injuries. "The problem is, when you are out of sight, you can be out of mind," said Fennell, adding that infant and toddler seats now are rear-facing ... "It happens to the very best of parents," Fennell said. Sleep-deprived parents become distracted because of a change in routine or thinking about what needs to be done at work. "It is going to take technology to startle someone out of autopilot," she said. - - - It happens to the BEST of parents. It could be massively helped by technology, but that technology must be included in all new cars, because few parents believe this could ever happen to them. It all basically started when laws were passed requiring children be placed in car seats facing backwards in the back seats. And then basic brain distractibility when faced with a sudden change in routine took over, devastatingly. The witch hunts by politically motivated district attorneys to imprison innocent, suffering parents caught up in this are especially repugnant. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
