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Making It Safer to Back Up

After years of lobbying by child safety advocates, legislation to make it safer to back up the family minivan was signed into law last month, according to The New York Times.

Named after a Long Island two-year-old who was backed over and killed by his father in 2002, the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 mandates that the Department of Transportation establish rear visibility performance standards for cars, S.U.V.’s and minivans within about three years.

Kids and Cars, a nonprofit group that pushed for the law, estimated that about two children a week were killed by vehicles backing up. The reason is obvious: most drivers cannot see small children directly behind their vehicles.

Posted by Peter C. T. Elsworth  at 9:59 AM to Safety | Permalink

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