If the car seat’s chest clip remains fastened after the car is turned off, an alarm sounds to remind the driver of the child in the backseat. The receiver plug can tell when the car is running. The car seat lineup comes with a chest clip transmitter and a receiver plug that’s inserted into a car’s data diagnostics port. If that’s the case - and it is for the majority of us - there are relatively inexpensive offerings to ensure that you keep your child safe.Įvenflo offers its SensorSafe lineup of child-safety seats that emit a tone once the car is turned off to alert adults that there’s a child in the backseat. Maybe a new car isn’t in the budget right now. The system will be offered in the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe, a Hyundai spokeswoman told. If the driver has left the car, the system honks the horn, flashes the lights and sends an alert to the driver’s smartphone through Hyundai’s Blue Link connected car system. If it detects a child, the system displays a message for the driver in the instrument cluster’s LCD screen. Hyundai’s Rear Occupant Alert system monitors the backseat with an ultrasonic sensor that detects a child’s movement. It’s available in the 2018 Nissan Pathfinder. The system can be temporarily or permanently disabled. With Nissan’s Rear Door Alert system, if the vehicle’s rear door was opened at the start of a trip, the vehicle will honk its horn multiple times to remind the driver to check the rear seat after the vehicle is parked and the driver has exited the car. View all 2018 Nissan Pathfinder models for sale near 60606 This system is available in Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC models. GM’s Rear Seat Reminder system uses an audible chime and a message on the instrument panel to remind the driver to check the backseat after the vehicle has been turned off. Three automakers cater to families with in-car systems that signal that there may be a child in the backseat after the car is parked. It may seem expensive to consider buying a new car for this heatstroke-prevention technology, but for many expecting parents, the birth of their first child often means upgrading their car to fit a family.
On a hot day, the interior temperature can rise 20 degrees in 10 minutes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In our own test on a 78-degree day in Miami this spring, the car’s interior temperature increased at the rate of a degree a minute. It doesn’t take long for the interior of a car to heat up. On average, 37 children die because they were left unattended in a parked car, and the majority of these in-car heatstroke deaths are accidents that are preventable. While many may wonder how someone could forget their own child in the car, it happens too many times each year. Related: Video: Child Passenger Safety Tips for Your Precious Cargo
These gadgets are found in cars, car seats and even a smartphone app. The good news is there are high-tech and low-tech ways to call attention to the fact that there’s still a baby onboard - possibly a sleeping baby. The first step to preventing heatstroke deaths in children is helping to remind exhausted parents and caregivers that there’s a baby in the backseat of their car.
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