Preventing Tragedy Since October 2014, 28 children in the United States have died in hot vehicles. In the past decade these deaths have been on the rise. According to the national nonprofit safety group
KIDS ‘N CARS, 622 children have died from being trapped in sweltering hot vehicles since 1990.(Kid’s ‘n Cars) The tragic death of Cooper Harris, the 22-month-old Georgia boy left to die in a hot SUV has recently gained public attention to this matter. This story has gained massive media awareness spotlighting the problem and unresolved issue of accidental deaths of children from heatstroke in cars. The point at issue is there is no legislative law requiring automobile manufacturers to necessitate heatstroke prevention technology in
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The brain becomes overwhelmed and cannot regulate body temperatures producing symptoms such as confusion, dizziness, disorientation, seizure, loss of consciousness, and even death. A child’s body is at higher risk than adults for heat-related illness. According to Nemours Children’s Health System, when the outside temperature is 93 degrees, the temperature inside the car can reach 125 degrees in just 20 minutes.**(Nemours) A child’s body temperature can intensify up to five times faster than an adult because of their size and inability to cool through perspiration as developed adults. Parents leave children in cars for lack of understanding about how sick they can get and how quickly they can get sick, says Christopher Haines, director of pediatric emergency medicine at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.** The recent tragedies have led to a terrible but needed awareness. This dilemma is not about bad parenting. It can happen to any social class. While it is clear that it effects a large number of people, it has a direct impact on parents of all ages and ethnicities. “The first mistake any parents can make is to think it can’t happen to them,” Deona Bien states. Bien’s daughter Aslyn Bien was left in a car by her caregiver. Like 80 percent of the cases children die in hot cars, Aslyn wasn’t left there on purpose. Her car seat was directly behind the driver’s seat of her babysitter’s car. This tragedy happened because of simple change of
Fifteen years ago in Washington D.C., Dawn Prescott was riding on a bus that crashed in Omaha, Nebraska. Prescott was a chaperone for the high school band’s trip to a competition. Her 14 year old son Benjamin was sitting a few rows ahead of her. Benjamin along with two other student and a parent died as a result of the crash. Since the crash, Prescott, a middle school teacher, has been urging Nebraska lawmakers to require seat belts on new school buses.
Parents usually have the best intentions – like protecting their children from life's hardships and preparing them for adulthood. However as with many other aspects of parenting, the results do not always match the intentions. Overprotective parents generally want to protect their children from harm, hurt, pain, failure, unhappiness, bad experiences, rejection, and disappointment (Lindsey 1). However, parents must realize that overprotective parenting has certain side effects. Parents believe that they are doing a favor for their children by keeping them safe without realizing that this parenting style can have severe effects on children such as robbing children of the essential life skills that they need in order to have a healthy
The study of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that specific groups of teens, including country residents, African-Americans, those with low grades or attending lower-socioeconomic school districts, and drivers of pickup trucks, reported the lowest use of seat belts. However, seat belt use among these groups was higher in states with primary enforcement seat belt safety laws. This is excluding the children who, in all states, are required to be buckled in a child restraint or booster seat by their guardian, the people most at risk are teens. A 2012 online query conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car crashes is the number one killer of teens in the U.S. Teens have the lowest rate of seat belt use compared to any other age group and they
There are many different types of parents with diverse parenting styles in the world. Some are efficient in their ways, while others struggle to wonder why their child did not turn out to be everything they hoped. The controversial topic of whether the parent knows what is best for their child hangs over the reader’s head in Amy Chua’s article.
We were recently reminded of the dangers of leaving a child alone in a car in the Nevada sun. In August, a 4-year-old Las Vegas boy died after an adult relative inadvertently left him in a locked car in 100-degree weather. He was the 15th child to die in Nevada under such circumstances since 1996, according to KidsAndCars.
Background and Audience Relevance: According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2015, about thirty-five hundred people were killed, and four hundred thousand were injured in car crashes.
In today’s society, and even generations before us, kids safety is very important. Also, traveling in an automobile is
In the article Deaths in Hot Cars Nearly Triple, Steve Visser claims that the number of children who have died due to being left in hot car is quickly increasing in this year. There have been a lot of suggestions from experts about how to prevent these accidents, but a lot of similar cases still continue to happen. The claim of the article is explicit because it clearly and directly shows the topic which is the increase of hot-car deaths, the explanations, and the recommendations for the problem. The author gives some interview results to support his claim. For example, according to Amy Artuso, program manager for the council, there were 11 death cases in this year compared to 4 cases at the same time last year. Despite the fact that many parents
Simms makes an important move, “1.2 million people across the world are killed in road crashes each year and 50 million injured” (qtd. in Simms 542). This fact shows that Simms acknowledges that car crashes result in many deaths a year; however SUV’s by almost any measurements, are more dangerous than cars. Next Simms provides more supporting facts. “People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars” (qtd. in Simms 542). Simms also states that due to the size of an SUV, they suffer from greater rear view blind spots. Which he stated may account for the number of parents who killed their children by running over them. These strong facts speak for themselves; and bring an emotional appeal to the reader. A child dying in any circumstance promotes sadness.
There are many fast and advanced cars in both societies. Meanwhile, development of transportation, lead many car accidents happen in both societies. Just like one example of character in the Fahrenheit 451, Clarrise, she was killed by car accidents. Also the main character, Montag, nearly killed by car accidents by one group of children that thought aiming for Montag was entertainment. There are many ignorant teenagers in our society too. They are becoming less aware of safety driving. Has data shows that per mile driven, teens ages 16 to 19 are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash than drivers ages 20 and older. This is especially true for teens in their first year behind the wheel.The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates six teens ages 16 to 19 die every day from injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes. Overall, vehicle crashes are the No. 1 cause of death for teens in the United States. How awful that so many teens that died of car accidents in our society. People and government should pay attention to this problems and provide a way to solve for it. Teens is the most beautiful stage with the whole life, we can not let more teens buried in the car
(Now that we have talked about your risk of an accident and how it takes your attention off the road now let us talk about it being the leading cause of death in kids between the ages 15-19.)
Motor vehicle crashes are identified as the leading cause of death in children under 19 years of age across the United States (Sauber-Schatz, West, & Bergen, 2014). Due to the large number of child deaths that occur each year, education regarding the proper use of child passenger safety seats must be provided to families. According to Basco, Hletko, West, and Darden (2009), although death and injury caused by motor vehicle accidents are deemed accidental, they are
Even in the shade and with the windows open the temperature of a car can quickly rise to the point of creating an increased risk of heat stroke. Considering the fact that children tend to succumb to heat stroke much more quickly and easily than adults, what may seem like mild weather to an adult could be deadly to child left in such circumstances.
The first reason is so we can lower teen deaths. Just a few years ago 2,270 teens died from car accidents, and 221,313 were sent into the emergency room. Not only that but teens were accounted for 11% of the total cost for car accident injuries. This information supports the text because it shows how motor vehicles deadly impact teen lives and how we should raise the age limit to keep themselves and other
According to the article “Child Vehicular Stroke Fact Sheet” from KidsAndCars.org, “The average number of U.S. child vehicular heat stroke deaths is 37 per year.” That is one death of a child every nine days. Although, some individuals may or may not have unintentionally left their children in the car. A majority of parents that left their child in the vehicle unknowingly did it. However, there is a small percentage of parents that knowingly left their child unattended in the vehicle. In some cases, the child even entered the vehicle on their own without the parent or caregiver noticing in time. Statistics of child vehicular heat stroke deaths reveal that 54.25% of parents unknowingly left their child in the vehicle, 11.58% knowingly left their child in the vehicle, and 33.58% of the children entered the vehicle by themselves without parents or caregivers noticing in a reasonable amount of time (Child Vehicular Heat Stroke). Some individuals, usually non-parents, believe that it is completely absurd to forget a child is in the vehicle. However, the most dangerous mistake a parent or caregiver can make is to think leaving a child alone in a vehicle could never happen to them or their family (Child Vehicular Heat Stroke). A heat stroke can be extremely lethal to young children if it is not recognized and treated in time.