On May 29, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 30/05/2010, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> My inclination would be a bluetooth device that you could clip to the baby >> seat, and a program that would run on your cell phone, or a dedicated >> device) that would alert when the sensor got out of range. Likewise, it >> could alert if the temperature got too high, or too low. > > Anything like integrated protection would be useless in our market, > kids up until seven need to be in some kind of add-on restraint. IMO > there's just too much differential between the integrated car seats > and the add-on seats to make anything but an add on device a practical > solution. > > That said I'm sure more babies die falling off balconies attended or > otherwise and many times that drown about the home regardless of the > measures in place to counter such issues, the rest suffocate, get > caught in fires, get shot (rarely in Oz) or are simply killed outright > in road accidents (most probably not appropriately restrained). > > Interesting article but there are far more significant things that > could be easily tackled to more significantly reduce infant/child > deaths IMO. > That may well be true. But this problem is identifiable and fairly easily solved. It's going to get a lot more press here in the US, and regulation will probably happen. I've never been a fan of mandated safety. Personally, I'm going to remain on the fence about this one. But reporting on it is my job.
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