Technical Session: Next Gen Hot Car Safety: Beyond Door Switches and Seat Weight Sensors to Full Monitoring of Entire Vehicles Cabins

Session details:

Forty-five to 60 children die each year in the US and Canada of heat stroke from being left in a car or entering the car and becoming locked in.   Newer model cars only provide a reminder to check the back seat upon turning off the engine, but many children are injured or killed long after a car is turned off while it is parked in a driveway or on the street.  

For example, hours or even days after the car was last used, a child might enter the car to retrieve a toy or book and become trapped inside due to child locks on the back doors. This presentation will cover the circumstances that are still extremely dangerous, the available technologies and their coverage strengths and gaps, and the emerging technologies using in-cabin sensors to continuously monitor for trapped children long after the driver has exited the vehicle.