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        GM Expands Availability of Life-Saving Technology

        Maker offering rear-seat warning technology in more vehicles.

        Michael Strong
        Michael Strong , Managing Editor
        Dec. 06, 2016
        General Motors is expanding the availability of its rear seat reminder technology in the hopes of saving more lives.

        The number of infant and toddler deaths as a result of being left unattended in the back seat of a sweltering hot vehicles is on the rise. To help stem that tide, General Motors is expanding its new rear-seat reminder feature to 19 models during the next year.

        GM introduced the feature on its 2017 GMC Acadia earlier this year. The news comes just one day after Justin Harris, a Georgia man, received life sentence with no chance of parole after being found responsible for the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper, who he claims he forgot was in the back seat in June 2014.

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        Harris left his son in the back of the car for seven hours while he was at work. More than 700 children have died from heatstroke since 1998 after being left in vehicles unattended for extended periods.

        “GM’s Rear Seat Reminder feature is an initial step to use technology to help remind drivers to check the rear seat before exiting the vehicle under certain conditions,” said Jeff Boyer, vice president of GM Global Vehicle Safety.

        (Child car heat stroke deaths surge; new GM technology could help. Click Here for the story.)

        “We want to help everyone to take one simple, extra step. That’s why Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac will offer the Rear Seat Reminder on a broad range of vehicles, from small cars to full-size SUVs and everything in between.”

        To remind drivers that they’ve got a child in the back seat, a chime rings to alert the driver to check the back seat before exiting the vehicle.

        The rear-seat reminder activates when either rear door is opened and closed up to 10 minutes before the vehicle is started or while the vehicle is running. After the system is active, it delivers five chimes and shows a message in the driver information center on the dashboard that reads “Rear Seat Reminder / Look in Rear Seat” the next time the vehicle is turned off.

        (Look back to eliminate deaths of kids left in cars. For more, Click Here.)

        The additional models are:

        • 2017 Buick Lacrosse
        • 2017 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV
        • 2017 Cadillac CT6
        • 2017 Chevrolet Cruze and Cruze Hatchback
        • 2017 Chevrolet Malibu
        • 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe
        • 2017 Chevrolet Suburban
        • 2017 Chevrolet Silverado
        • 2017 Chevrolet Colorado
        • 2017 GMC Yukon
        • 2017 GMC Yukon XL
        • 2017 GMC Sierra
        • 2017 GMC Canyon
        • 2018 Cadillac XT5
        • 2018 Cadillac CTS and CTS-V
        • 2018 Cadillac ATS
        • 2018 Chevrolet Equinox

        “This new technology will give busy parents and caregivers the important reminder to always check the back seat,” said Kate Carr, president and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide, in a statement. “The safest way to protect a child from heatstroke is to never leave a child unattended in a vehicle. Rear seat reminder, coupled with continued public education, can help combat this preventable tragedy.”

        (To see more about Honda’s vision of “cooperative mobility,” Click Here.)

        So far this year 39 children have died from vehicular heatstroke, according to the National Safety Council, up from 24 in 2015. Since 1998 when data on this issue was first collected, about 700 children have died from heatstroke when left in a vehicle for extended periods.

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