Safety Groups and Victims & Survivors of Auto Backovers to Testify in Support of Proposed NHTSA Rule For Rear Visibility Standard Requiring Rearview Camera Systems.
The Safety groups and families of children who were killed or injured from backovers will testify in support of a proposed rule to eliminate dangerous and deadly blind zones in the rear of vehicles.
The Federal legislation, the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, enacted in 2008, directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a safety standard addressing rear visibility. This rule comes after over ten years of advocacy by safety groups and parents who have had children killed or seriously injured as a result of backovers.
It will take place Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Media Center in Washington, D.C.
The legislation was named in honor of Oyster Bay resident’s son. Oyster Bay resident, Dr. Greg Gulbransen backed over his two-year-old son, Cameron, in 2002- Cameron had followed his father out the front door of their home, and wandered into the large blind zone behind his father’s SUV.
Other Long Island residents taking part are Dix Hills residents Bill Nelson and Adriann Raschdorf-Nelson lost their 16-month-old son, Alec, when he was backed over by a SUV driven by his grandfather in the driveway of their home in 2004. Another Long Islander, Manhasset resident Sue Auriemma backed over her three-year-old daughter, Kate, in 2005 as she was pulling out of the driveway of her home because she was unable to see Kate in the large blind zone behind her vehicle. Kate survived and was relatively unharmed.
Other attendees include Jackie Gillan, Vice President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Janette Fennell, President, KidsAndCars.org, Sally Greenberg, Executive Director, National Consumers League, Rachel Weintraub, Director of Product Safety & Senior Counsel, Consumer Federation of America.
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how many children with “bye bye “syndrome have to die before camera or other safety devices are required on new cars & be put in by used car dealers.. for the safety of children please require this