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Automakers Deprive U.S. Buyers Of Safety Options
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Why do 20 children under fifteen years of age die each year from choking in motor vehicle electric window incidents? Wash Park Prophet has the answer and a pretty damning indictment of U.S. automakers. Some excerpts:
A three year old [Sarah] left alone in a running car with other children in front of her house in Colorado Springs was killed when she was choked by an electric car window before the other children in the car could notice in time.Rocker and toggle switches raise and lower windows when pressure is applied, even if accidentally. Lever switches, on the other hand, must be deliberately pulled in order to raise a window.
Janette Fennell of Kids and Cars said lever switches and auto-reverse mechanisms - in which closing windows stop and retract on contact with hard objects - are standard in Europe and Japan. While the top U.S. automakers include these safety features in cars bound for Europe, they typically are not options in domestic models, she said.
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