The iRemind Car Seat Alarm uses a sensor pad placed on the child's car seat. That system costs $45 on Baby Alert International's website. If the caregiver moves 15 or more feet from the car seat without unlatching it, the fob sounds an alarm. Baby Alert International makes an electronic chest clip that replaces the clip installed on a seat. There are also aftermarket child seat systems. The seat works for infants up to 35 pounds and in cars from the 2008 model year or later. It will also alert the driver if the chest clip comes unhooked during driving. It connects the seat's chest clip to the car's data port, so the car will emit a chime if it turns off and the chest clip hasn't been unhooked.
The system must be professionally installed the company says installation adds about $100 to the cost.Įvenflo's SensorSafe Embrace DLX infant seat is the only car seat with a built-in system that alerts the driver if a child has been left behind. If the system isn't deactivated within 40 seconds, the car horn will sound. The car sounds a moderate alarm when the vehicle is turned off, and the driver can deactivate the alarm by pressing a button in the rear of the car. makes a $100 system that monitors the rear doors and activates if they are opened before a trip. GM plans to add the system to additional vehicles throughout its lineup in 2017 and beyond.įor now, GM is the only automaker offering a factory-installed reminder system, but there are several aftermarket systems available. If either one is opened and closed within 10 minutes before the vehicle is started, or if they are opened and closed while the vehicle is running, the Acadia sounds five chimes and displays a visual reminder to check the back seat when the vehicle is turned off. The system, which is a standard feature, monitors the Acadia's rear doors. has installed an industry-first rear seat reminder system on the 2017 GMC Acadia, a midsize SUV that starts at $29,070. There are ways to help prevent hot car deaths. In the meantime, the agency is sponsoring public information campaigns. But NHTSA says it's still researching the best ways to prevent deaths. Kids and Cars says the government should require automakers to install back seat reminder systems. Children can die when their body temperature reaches 107 degrees. Even if it's 60 degrees outside, the temperature inside a car can reach 110. Within 10 minutes, a car's temperature can rise 20 degrees, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 28 per cent of cases, kids climbed into the cars on their own.Įven a brief period in a hot car can be deadly. Of the 755 children who died in hot cars since 1990, a majority - 55 per cent - were unknowingly left behind. The total this year has already surpassed the total for all of 2015. That includes the death last month of a 2-year-old in Dallas left behind in a hot car while his family was in church. have died after they were left in hot vehicles, according to Kids and Cars, a Kansas City-based advocacy group. So far this year, 27 children in the U.S.
There are some devices on the market - built into cars as well as child seats - that can help prevent kids from being left behind. DETROIT - Hot cars are a danger to children, particularly in a sweltering summer like this one.
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