Parenting Intuition Over Technology

The NHTSA is now finding that devices that remind you your child is in the car (such as beepers and alarms that sound when the car is off) are unreliable.

The New York Times wrote the following article:


A study released Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that certain devices sold to consumers to alert them that a child had been left in a car seat were not reliable on their own as measures to prevent heatstroke.

Heatstroke is the leading cause of non-crash-related deaths in vehicles for children under the age of 14, according to N.H.T.S.A. On average, 38 children die of heatstroke each year because they have been left in hot cars.

The safety agency commissioned the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to evaluate aftermarket products that promised to warn caregivers of a child left in a car seat.

Read more: 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/?smid=fb-share