Heat Kills

Transporttion Secretary Ray LaHood advocating the "Look Before You Lock" campaign.

In a record setting week of high temperatures from August one to seven, eight children died in steaming cars across the country. This according to the article "'Worst week' for children dying in hot cars; officials raise alarm" by Richard Simon on August 18th, 2012 in the Los Angeles Times. Stunned by these occurrences federal officials along with leaders of Head Start directors have launched a "Look Before You Lock" campaign in order to prevent child deaths in unattended cars. This is a growing trend that calls for nation wide attention. Adults must be educated enough not to leave children unattended in a car, especially during the summertime. It is inhumane and despicable. It is important for parents to remember that they have a child in the backseat, therefore federal officials have been looking into new technology that may inform the driver that there is someone in the back seat. However, their efforts have yet to turn out a useful product. Hopefully, in the future, occurrences such as this can be prevented by more cautious caregivers. Young children should not become a victim of death as a result of carelessness.