Child Safety

Seat belts help save lives!

Thursday May 26th, 2022   According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website (NHTSA), of the 22,215 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2019, 47% were not wearing a seatbelt! (www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/seat-belts) How about an infant you may ask? Well, the first booster seat for an infant was created as early as 1933 by called Bunny Bear Company.  …

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Does this sound familiar? “I do not want to get involved as I do not want to create any trouble”!

Thursday May 19th, 2022 That is the least you should do when you see a child unattended in a vehicle.  It is about saving lives and saving lives always comes first and foremost.  What if that child were yours? Would you feel the same? The following steps are just guidelines informing us what to do …

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What are some of the ways we can reduce the chances of unattended children that are left in cars?

We understand that sometimes parents cannot leave children unattended at home, or if you are a single parent, it is harder to find someone else to take care of your children due to a hectic schedule.  We also can understand that parent(s) would rather take care of their children than have a caretaker do it …

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What goes through your mind when you have to complete the following on a job application?

 Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Yes □ No □.  If yes, please explain. Most of us need not to think of this as a complicated question and would check the “No” box immediately.  However, as the previous posting would indicate that leaving an unattended child or children in the vehicle can be …

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Do you think that leaving children unattended in or around motor vehicle is a smart thing to do?

In addition to Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) cases as the primary cause of fatalities in the U.S., there are other dangers that children may face if left unattended in cars for a period of time.  Let us discover these possible dangers so we can minimize the number of fatalities together! In a report put out …

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Bryce Balfour was just nine months old when he perished from heatstroke inside a vehicle on a 66° F (18.8° C) day in Charlottesville, Virginia.

This case, unlike others, had numerous interferences which we had covered in previous posting that led to the demise of the little infant.  Unfortunately, this is only one of the few that occurred across the US and accidents like these are still taking place! Over the past few months, we have described what Pediatric Vehicular …

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Anti-Abandon Federal Law

It is shocking to find out that there is no Federal Law in the United States judicial system against children left unattended in vehicles! (www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/leaving-children-unattended-in-cars.html) Our previous posts have ventured into unfortunate death toll number which has been updated now to 1,018 deaths due to Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH).  It is also sad to see …

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