Make Child Safety a Habit As the summer draws down to an end,
busy school-year schedules kick up, and the parenting routine
becomes more demanding. School, art classes, soccer practice and
daycare become part of a parent's daily commute and for young
children, but the extra car time can prove fatal. One of the
biggest risks of death for toddlers and infants are hot car
deaths. According to The Centers for Disease Control, more than
9,100 children are treated in emergency rooms due to car
incidents that do not involve traffic or collisions. While any
amount of time a child is left unattended in a car is too long,
in Texas it is illegal to leave a child under seven years old
unattended in a vehicle for longer than five minutes. It only
takes a few minutes for a vehicle to reach lethal temperatures
on a hot day. It only takes ten minutes for a car to hit 100
degrees on a 75 degree day. On a one hundred degree day, (which
have been very common this year) a car can reach 140 degrees in
just 15 minutes. Unfortunate