As summer starts, advocacy group urges government to implement tech to prevent hot car deaths [Video]

BATON ROUGE — Summer means higher temperatures, which can be dangerous and even deadly. That’s why making sure children are not in the car alone is crucial.

Congress mandated a deadline for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to finalize a rule that would require an audio and visual reminder alert to check the back seat in new passenger vehicles. The rule was supposed to go into effect in November of last year, but that ultimately never happened.

“It doesn’t matter if there’s a blanket over the child, or they’re in a car seat. This type of tech can see through objects; it’s so sophisticated it can tell the difference between a little baby’s heartbeat and an adult’s heartbeat,” Director of Kids and Car Safety Amber Rollins said. “So it knows if there’s a baby heartbeat in the car and not an adult heartbeat, we’ve got a problem.”

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