technological solutions that can sense the presence of a child are standard in all vehicles.”
According to Glatter, technologies are out there to help remind drivers that a child is in the car.
“Many phone apps exist [to help], as well as specially designed car seats that are equipped with sensors that will trigger an alarm after a specified duration of time after you walk away from your vehicle,” Glatter said.
“The majority of car seat alarms sync with either a smartphone or keychain fob and have the ability to sound an alarm or even send an alert message when a driver walks too far away from the vehicle without the child,” he said. “The car seat alarm also has the ability to begin calling emergency contacts if there’s no reply.”
“One organization, Kars4Kids, has a useful app that connects to your car’s Bluetooth so that when you and your phone leave the