AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT,
PROCEDURES AT THE JAIL WILL BE
CHANGED.
EVERY YEAR YOUNG CHILDREN
DIE AFTER BEING FORGOTTEN AND
LEFT BEHIND IN HOT CARS.
BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY IS IN THE
WORKS TO WARN DRIVERS THAT A
CHILD IS IN THE BACK SEAT AND
NOW A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
LAWMAKERS IS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE
AUTOMAKERS TO INSTALL THE
WARNING SYSTEMS IN THEIR
VEHICLES.
CBS 2'S MARK ALBERT REPORTS.
Reporter: CHASE HARRISON
DIED IN 2008 WHEN HIS DAD WENT
TO WORK LEAVING THE TODDLER
FOR HOURS IN HIS HOT CAR FOR
GETTING TO BRING HIM TO
DAYCARE.
NOW THE FATHER IS PLEADING FOR
HELP.
I CONSIDERED MYSELF GUILTY.
GUILTY AND FULL OF SHAME AND
ANGER.
I CRY EVERY DAY FOR CHASE.
IF THERE HAD BEEN A SIMPLE
CHIME TO ALERT ME OF MY SON'S
PRESENCE NONE OF THIS WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
THE FAMILIES ARE THE MOST
MOTIVATING FACTOR.
Reporter: ON THURSDAY A
CONGRESSMAN AND TWO OTHER
LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES
INTRODUCED THE HOT CARS ACT
WHICH STANDS FOR HELPING
OVERCOME TRAUMA FOR CHILDREN
ALONE IN REAR SEATS.
THE ACT WOULD REQUIRE
AUTOMAKERS TO INSTALL
TECHNOLOGY WARNING DRIVERS
WHEN A PASSENGER REMAINS IN
THE BACK SEAT.
THESE ARE REALLY SENSELESS
DEATHS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
ARE JUST SO TRAGIC, YET I
THINK WE NEED TO STEP UP AND
FIX IT NOW.
Reporter: 29 CHILDREN HAVE
ALREADY DIED THIS YEAR AFTER
BEING LEFT IN A HOT VEHICLE.
ON AN 80-DEGREE DAY, THE
TEMPERATURE INSIDE A CLOSED
CAR CAN REACH BETWEEN 130 AND
172 DEGREES ACCORDING TO THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
CONGRESSMAN RYAN HOPES TO PASS
THE HOT CARS ACT BEFORE THE
END OF THE YEAR.
MARK ALBERT, CBS NEWS, CAPITOL
HILL.
THE AUTO ALLIANCE WHICH
REPRESENTS AUTOMAKERS ISSUED A
STATEMENT TO CBS NEWS SAYING
