Comments on: A Look at Three Child Car Heat Death Safety Devices

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:12:19 +0000

These devices should become a standard part of the car seat, not an accessory that is an option to buy.

By: Christina Naylor

Christina Naylor — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:33:36 +0000

I Thank you so much for having this site and information available.
I think that every mother everywhere should recieve a device as soon as they leave the hospital with thier newborn.it should also be on every carseat manufactured.carseat companies should put them on every seat.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:29:32 +0000

I am a perfect candidate for forgetting a child in the back seat of a car. My biggest frustration is the legislators who tell us what seat our children MUST sit in—or be fined. The problem with a manufactured safety devices is that not everyone will have one and if one fails and a child dies, the liabilty is huge. There are so many well intentioned laws with “unintended side effects”, and the child in the back seat is one of the most dreadful ones. The law makers should really keep their noses out of everyones business and we would all be better off.

By: Sharon at Whoa, Momma

Sharon at Whoa, Momma — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:05:08 +0000

Great post! I had just blogged about having my own haunting moment where I had forgotten for a few minutes that there was a baby in the back of my car (on his first day of day care drop off) so I have always put my purse in the back of the car ever since. But I had never heard of these devices, so thank you. I agree, if we have a beep tell us to buckle up or turn off our headlights, a simple device to alert you to a baby in the car isn't too much to ask.

I'm glad too to see the attitude of heartbreak instead of condemnation for parents this happens to. I can't imagine how they live with themselves, so I don't think anyone screaming at them can be worse than what they tell themselves.

By: Mark Best

Mark Best — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:24:30 +0000

I have a consumer product called the Car-Seat -Occupied Baby-On-Board indicator alarm. I am not going to sit and wait. My device is not technology, it is simple circuitry and it works and it can be in place in the car in way under 5 minutes. I will be building them to order shortly but I have a few minor details before I am ready to launch it but it should only be a couple of weeks before I am ready to press forward. In Him I Trust
Mark Best

By: Darcell Smith

Darcell Smith — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:06:29 +0000

I found out about your product when I thought that I came up with a wonderful idea of creating a car seat that reminds you that the baby is in the car. I had this all planned out and decided to do some research on the product and was suprised to see that there are several of these seats available. However, I thought it odd that I have not seen any of these seats in my local department stores. This would prove valuable to a lot of people and I hope that the word gets out there and your product becomes standard on car seats. I believe this necessary because I think that a lot of people will not believe that they could forget their child until it happens to them. I love the idea that if you walk away from the car your key alarm goes off and if you continue to walk your car alarm goes off.

By: Ben Sade

Ben Sade — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:06:00 +0000

Hello my name is Ben. I read the intresting article and i would like to order the Child ‘Minder now. I forgot my child last year in the back of the car seat.

By: Aubrey Brinkley

Aubrey Brinkley — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:35:02 +0000

I have read your article, it is most interesting. I have designed a device that I think is quite improved. Thanks for your article. Aubrey.

By: Sally Davisson

Sally Davisson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:31:23 +0000

Hi, I'm Sally, the president of Sisters of Invention, the company with the HALO Baby Seat Safety System. It is very gratifying to see the attention that Thingamababy and the community members are giving this very serious problem.

Boy, could we right a book by now! The process of developing a technical product and getting it to market is quite amazing. It takes money and way more time than you'd ever dream. But we believe that this is well worth pursuing. Our intitial motivation was a result of a baby who had died after being left in a car by a babysitter here in the Lexington area. The research is very interesting. In more case than not, this tragedy strikes well-educated, well-meaning parents, who are simply out of their normal routine. It just doesn't take much to shift into work mode or shopping mode when the baby's sound asleep in the back seat!

AJ, we hope to ship you a prototype for field testing in March, but I will keep you posted. Once we've completed lab, in-house and field testing (as well as FCC certification filings) we'll have the product available to ship. Estimating May or June, but we'll keep it updated on our website if anyone is interested. I'm sure AJ will let you know what he thinks when he has a chance to take a look at the HALO System himself, and give you a recommendation.

We know that a lot of it is solved by awareness of the fact that it could happen to anybody, so all the sharing of safety info is fabulous!

Thanks,
Sally Davisson

By: Jim Starr

Jim Starr — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:28:03 +0000

Need for alarm agreed upon. Getting people to buy it and again to use it may be not so easy. Who admits they may forget their child and wants to wear an alarm to remember? When child goes in "other car" for unusual routine is when problem happens, but alarm is in "regular car", or you must buy two. Who wants another key fob on their key chain?

I am an engineer looking for a better way. Need market feedback. Will you buy one that requires professional installation to tie in to car system? Will you buy one for the "other car"? Will you deal with more annoying beeping or will you remove the batteries? Let me know, I can design it. There are about 8 patents out there for similar devices but all miss the mark and require inconvenience, admission of forgetting child, difficult installation, high price ($20 is just for the seat sensor), or portability issues. That's why you don't see many people marketing them. Help.