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The Facts About Leaving Dogs in Hot Cars
Go to: http://heatkills.org/the-facts/the-facts-about-leaving-dogs-in-hot-cars/ See source data for this graphic, from San Francisco State University, at: http://ggweather.com/heat/ Quotes by experts “Children have died in cars with the temperature as low as 63 degrees. Basically the car becomes a greenhouse. At 70 degrees on a sunny day, after a half hour, the temperature inside a car is…
75-Year-Old Man Survives Being Trapped in Hot Cadillac for 14 Hours
Posted By BJ Colangelo on Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:17 a.m. With cold weather just around the corner, 75-year-old Peter Pyros of Cleveland wanted to take one last spin around the neighborhood in his 2006 Cadillac XLR roadster. Pyros got in his vehicle, shut the door and hit the push-start button. Nothing. He tried putting the key fob into a slot to…
Are Your Tires Dangerously Underinflated?
Most drivers don’t know how to check their tire pressure and half don’t know what their pressure should be David Arv BragiTravel (June 2, 2015) (Photo: Amy Johansson/Shutterstock) Did you know that low tire pressure, much like high blood pressure, can be unhealthy for your car? In fact, an estimated 11,000 tire-related crashes cause nearly 200 deaths…
Underride Collisions with Big Rigs
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Promoting Booster Seat Use
Boost ’em in the Back Seat is a four-minute empirically-supported threat appeal video that delivers preventive messages about the importance of booster seat and rear seat use to parents. A thirty-second version of the video is also available for free download and use as public service announcements.