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When the
temperatures are soaring in the summer months, there is
a sneaky danger hiding in plain sight: cars.
While the temperature outside a car could be high, but not
dangerously so, the inside of a car without ventilation can
reach scorching and deadly temperatures extremely fast.
Tragically, every year, people leave their children and
animals in these cars to run into a store "real quick" and
return to find a very sick or even dead child or pet. It's
almost unspeakable. But there is a solution. Sign now to demand that Congress pass the Hot
Cars Act of 2019 to keep children and animals alike
safe!
Sadly, this problem may
be worse in 2020 than any other year, both because
the coronavirus is extending shopping time to accommodate
crucial social distancing rules, and because climate change
continues to make our summers ever hotter. Most people who
leave a child or animal in a car without air conditioning do
not realize just how quickly the car will become deadly, even
with the windows cracked open. That's why this act would
require every single new car to have built-in
technology to detect the presence of an animal or
child in a car that's turned off. This would save lives by
alerting unwitting people if they've accidentally left an
animal or child in a car with unsafe temperatures. Sign on to show support.
Thank you,
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Kelsey
B.
The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. Children
and pets alike have died in cars that were too hot or too
cold. This legislation would require cars to alert people if
an animal or child is in danger. Sign the petition. |
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