New car trends create new risks for children. by Lisa Belkin During the first cold snap of autumn last Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., Juvenal Garcia Mora apparently turned on his car and let it warm up in the closed garage of the family home on Plaudit Way, while he got his two young children ready for school. They never arrived. According to Louisville Metro Police, Mora and his 3-year-old son, Cruz Isaac Garcia, died on the scene — the father found on the floor outside the vehicle, the little boy in his car seat. Cruz’s sister, Mayra Garcia, who was 8, was unconscious on the seat beside him. She died the next day at the hospital. All three were apparently poisoned by carbon monoxide. Although this kind of “horrific accident,” as police officials describe it, has been occurring since the invention of the automobile, it is happening more often in recent years, according to KidsandCars.org, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing deaths and injuries of children in and around vehicles. The reason is an unintended consequence of new technology: remote key fobs. The electronic devices, which are a convenience and a security measure, make it possible to start a car without getting inside, and to walk away while accidentally leaving the engine running, something people are less likely to do with a keyed ignition. Read more on: New car trends create new risks for children. Related Article: Iron gate/keyless entry
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