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All four of R.I. congressmen sign on to backover bill

Effective April 16th, all four Rhode Island legislators on Capitol Hill - Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Patrick Kennedy and James Langevin - have signed on to co-sponsor the Cameron Gulbransen KIDS AND CARS Safety Act, that among other things would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a minimum visibility requirement behind all vehicles in the interest of preventing backover incidents, according to Sue Auriemma, vice president of KIDS AND CARS .
Each week in the US, an average of 50 children are struck by reversing vehicles - often in their own driveways - with two of these incidents resulting in fatalities.
The bills respectively are S694 on the Senate side and HR1216 on the House side. On the Senate side, the bill has been to a subcommittee hearing for the Commerce Committee and is awaiting mark up. On the House side, the bill is awaiting a subcommittee hearing.

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