{"id":15115,"date":"2025-05-28T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=15115"},"modified":"2025-05-27T23:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T23:20:41","slug":"motorists-urged-to-stop-look-lock-to-prevent-child-heatstroke-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/motorists-urged-to-stop-look-lock-to-prevent-child-heatstroke-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorists urged to \u2018stop, look, lock\u2019 to prevent child heatstroke deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has urged everyone to help prevent child heatstroke deaths by remembering to \u2018Stop. Look. Lock\u2019 when they park their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The message was issued as part of National Heatstroke Prevention Day held in May.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, 39 children died from vehicular heatstroke in the US, an increase from the 29 children who died in 2023. One child has already died this year in a hot vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NHTSA, on average, one child dies from heatstroke every 10 days in the United States by crawling into an unlocked vehicle or being left in a car, intentionally or unintentionally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one ever expects to forget their child in a vehicle, but the unfortunate reality is that it can happen to anyone,\u201d said NHTSA Chief Counsel Peter Simshauser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery one of these tragedies is preventable, and we urge parents and caregivers to make it a habit to Stop. Look. Lock. every time they exit their car to prevent these devastating tragedies. And if you see a child left alone in a car, call 911 immediately \u2013 you could save a life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NHTSA has offered the following tips to help keep children safe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always lock your vehicle when you\u2019re not using it. Even if you don\u2019t have a child of your own, a child in the neighborhood could get into your unlocked vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Never leave a child alone in a vehicle, even if you think you\u2019ll only be gone for a minute.<\/li>\n<li>Make it a habit to check your entire vehicle \u2013 especially the back seat \u2013 before locking the doors and walking away. Place a stuffed animal in the passenger\u2019s seat or your purse or briefcase in the back seat to help you remember that a child is in the back seat.<\/li>\n<li>Ask your childcare provider or school to call if your child doesn\u2019t arrive as expected.<\/li>\n<li>Teach children that a vehicle is not a play area and store keys out of their reach.<\/li>\n<li>Act if you see a child alone in a vehicle by calling 911 immediately and getting help. A child experiencing heat-related distress should be removed from the vehicle as quickly as possible and rapidly cooled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has urged everyone to help prevent child heatstroke deaths by remembering to \u2018Stop. Look. Lock\u2019 when they park their vehicles. The message was issued as part of National Heatstroke Prevention Day held in May. In 2024, 39 children died from vehicular heatstroke in the US, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-safety-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}