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CONSUMER AUTO ORGANIZATIONS

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates is an alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Auto Safety Hotline 1-800-424-9393 The toll-free Auto Safety Hotline can provide information on recalls, record information about safety problems, and refer you to the appropriate government experts on other vehicle-related problems. You can even request information mailed to you within 24 hours of your call at no charge.
The Center for Auto Safety
Consumers Union and Ralph Nader founded the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) in 1970 to provide consumers a voice for auto safety and quality in Washington and to help lemon owners fight back across the country. CAS has a small budget but a big impact on the auto industry. With less than half what General Motors spends on a single Super Bowl commercial, CAS has taken on the auto giants and won for consumers.

A Preliminary Study Of Temperatures In Enclosed Vehicles

Every year dozens of children tragically die due to hyperthermia (heat stroke) after being left unattended in cars, trucks and vans.  

The initial phase of this study will be to monitor the actual temperatures inside a vehicle under a variety of meteorological circumstances.
 

 

INJURY PREVENTION
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention monitors trends in unintentional injuries in the United States, conducts research to better understand risk factors, and evaluates interventions to prevent these injuries. Unintentional injuries result in nearly 70,000 deaths and millions of nonfatal injuries each year. Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in the United States for people aged 1-44.

Injuries and Deaths Among Children Left Unattended in or Around Motor Vehicles 
4 R Kids Sake
4 R Kids Sake is a non profit organization whose mission is to protect our children from preventable injuries and death in and around cars through: Awareness, Education, Legislation, and Prevention.

4 R Kids SakeTM

Dedicated to the loving memory of 
Kaitlyn Marie Russell

Snow Angel Foundation
The mission of the SnowAngel® Foundation is to perpetuate the memory of Jamie Snow Pannebecker through charitable grants, scholarships, promoting vehicle safety education and similar humanitarian purposes.

The Zoie Foundation
The Zoie Foundation is a non-profit organization formed to tackle the lesser-known dangers which threaten the lives of children and devastate families. The Zoie Foundation is committed to raising the awareness of the not-talked-about dangers, and to effecting change one child-safety issue at a time.
FOR: AUSTIN
The Austin Haver Memorial Act is a petition for the state of Ohio seeking legislative approval an amendment to section 4513.23 of the Ohio Revised Code. It will require that all delivery trucks and large passenger vehicles such as sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks be equipped with either rear cross view mirrors or electronic sensing devises that alert drivers of such vehicles to the presence of a small child or elderly or disabled citizen behind the vehicle.


Austin Gordon Haver
The Trauma Foundation
The Trauma Foundation is committed to reducing injuries and injury deaths by focusing on policy development and policy advocacy.
EPIC Medics
EPIC "Eliminate Preventable Injuries of Children" Medics is a nonprofit organization of  Paramedics, EMTs, Firefighters, and many others, whose primary goal is to integrate Emergency Medical Services and injury prevention in partnerships with other public and private organizations and agencies.

The Injury Prevention Web
The Injury Prevention Web hosts the web sites of several agencies and organizations working to prevent injuries. 

Injury Free Coalition for Kids
Imagine an injury-free world where children live, grow and play safely. This is our goal. We hope to decrease childhood injuries by creating safe environments, creative and fun activities for children with positive role models.
I Promise Program
The I Promise Program is designed to reduce the risk of youth related car crashes and relies on parents as role models by entering into a family contract with their young driver for safe and responsible use of the car.
The Children's Safety Network
The Children's Safety Network provides resources and technical assistance to maternal and child health agencies and other organizations seeking to reduce unintentional injuries and violence to children and adolescents.
SafeChild.net
SafeChild.net is a project of the Consumer Federation of America Foundation (CFAF). The mission of CFAF is to provide information to the public on consumer issues, assist state and local organizations, and conduct research projects.
MorganLee.org
On November 3, 1999, our sweet little daughter, Morgan Lee, died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. Our car was broadsided by a driver who failed to stop for a stop sign while using his cellular phone.  Please visit our website for more information.
Safer Child Inc.
No one's born knowing how to parent. It's okay to ask for help -- and it's smart.  We want you to have the most professional and accurate links (with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information) so that you don't have to slog through the Internet yourself. 
Connect for Kids
Connect for Kids is a virtual encyclopedia of information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids.
KIDS IN DANGER
KIDS IN DANGER is dedicated to protecting babies and young children from defective products, through the effective removal of potentially deadly nursery equipment from circulation, the promotion of strict safety standards among manufacturers, and the development of legislative oversight.
Save A Life Foundation
When Carol Spizzirri's daughter was involved in a fatal car accident, this mother of three learned that her life might have been saved if the police officers first to arrive at the scene had known how to render prompt basic first aid. Carol founded the Save A Life Foundation (SALF) to prevent this tragedy from happening to someone else.
The Danny Foundation
The Danny Foundation is a non-profit organization, founded in 1986 to help prevent unintentional injuries, conduct research, and provide the much needed leadership to set regulatory standards for safe nursery products.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC serves as a focal point in providing assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in recovering missing children and raising public awareness about way to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.
The Safety Forum
The Safety Forum provides an opportunity to learn and teach about products and practices that cause harm. It is intended to serve the public, the media, the legal community, policy makers, manufacturers and service providers in efforts to identify and correct hazardous products and practices.
Parenthood.com
Everything you ever needed or wanted to hear about parenthood, organized by subject. Get your questions answered here!
Maternal Child and Health Bureau
MCHB continues to provide its leadership, partnership, and resources to advance the health of all our Nation's mothers, infants, children and adolescents-including families with low-income levels, those with diverse racial and ethnic heritages and those living in rural or isolated areas without access to care.

Escape School
Escape School is a program started by Robert Stuber, a former California police officer and author of "Missing! Stranger Abduction."  Stuber teaches children, through his book and classroom projects, what to do to get away once they're in the hands of an abductor. 

 

 

CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
American Academy of Pediatrics
Moving Kids Safely: Introduction to Car Safety Seats
SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.
SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to child passenger safety. Their mission is to help reduce the number of serious and fatal traffic injuries suffered by children by promoting the correct, consistent use of safety seats and safety belts. SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.
Car Safety Dot Org
Selecting a safe vehicle and properly using child restraints and seatbelts may be the most important things you can do to protect your family. 
Family and Consumer Sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences has important information regarding child safety seats and child passenger safety.
 

 

MISCELLANEOUS AUTO SAFETY

AutoRepair2000.com
All auto repair books, foreign and domestic.

MyCarStats.com
Auto recalls and car safety reports that help car owners stay informed.

 

 

TECHNOLOGY

Visor View
from Roldan Products
Our new Rear View Camera system VISOR-VIEW is compatible with virtually any vehicle. Drivers now have an affordable way to view hidden objects.

TailGauge
The Original Innovators of Backup Warning Systems, since 1997.  We pride ourselves on our experience and our persistence on quality, reliability and customer service.

Magna Donnelly
Magna Donnelly is focused on the future. On the innovative electronics that will make driving safer, easier and more pleasant.

EchoMaster
The EchoMaster™ reverse sensing system uses cutting edge ultra-sonic technology to "see" what you cannot see. Behind your vehicle, below the line of sight.


Rostra Precision Controls
Like an extra set of eyes, the Rostra Obstacle Sensing System detects objects that you can't.

American Road Products
ReverseGUARD, is a state-of-the-art, patented reverse-sensing system, providing drivers the technology necessary to more safely back their vehicle.
HitchCAM
A state-of-the-art wide-angle lensed video camera that drastically improves the rearview visibility of trucks and SUVs.
Rear View Safety Lens
The Product uses a Frensel lens to allow you to see obstacles you can't see with inside and outside rear view mirrors, including the wide-angle convex type. You can see right down to the pavement.
Sense Technologies
Sense Technologies Inc. is a developer and marketer of sensing devices for the automotive industry. The Company's core product, the Guardian Alert, is a highly versatile, cost effective and extremely user friendly backing awareness system.
 

 

MEDIA

Extra! TV Coverage 03/08/00
Unattended Children in Cars: The Hidden Dangers.
It's a decision thousands of parents make while running errands. Should they leave their children alone in the car for just a minute?  An alarming number of them do exactly that. But after a recent string of tragedies, some parents are fighting for new laws to protect kids. EXTRA puts their battle in focus.