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Kids N Cars: Never Leave Your Children Unattended in Your Vehicle, NOT even for a minute!

Kids ‘N CarsTM is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to pursue a greater level of public safety by informing people about the dangers of leaving children unattended in or around vehicles. People leave children unattended in vehicles more often than is widely publicized, and the results are often deadly. Kids ‘N Cars’TM database, the only one of its kind, includes more than one thousand cases where children were left unattended in or around vehicles.

Most well-meaning parents have done it. On a hectic day of running errands with children in tow, we have left the kids in the car “just for a minute” while running into the drycleaners, convenience mart or dropping another child off at school.

Below are just a few examples of what has happened to children who were left unattended in an automobile:

* Heat stroke that led to permanent brain damage and death.

* Climbed out of a car seat and shifted the car into gear.

* Become ill or worse from heat or car fumes.
* Abducted when someone broke into their car.
If the vehicle is running or keys are left in the ignition, the risks dramatically increase:

* Carjacking – the car and the children. (more…)

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