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Although it may seem incredible, forgetting a child in the back seat of the car is more common than you think. Most cases are resolved within a few seconds or minutes, although there are others that unfortunately are not.
According to the organization No Heat Stroke, More than a thousand children (1,004 to be exact) have died from heat inside a car in the United States alone since 1998, which is an average of 38 a year.
This scourge is called “Forgotten baby syndrome” and it can happen to anyone because it is not related to irresponsible parents.
Experts indicate that, in most cases, parents do not forget their children in the car due to negligence.“
“Forgotten Baby Syndrome is not a problem of neglect, but of changes in routine and the way our brain and memory work. The most common answer is that only irresponsible parents forget their children, but it is a matter of circumstances. It could happen to anyone“, explains in Consumer Reports David Diamond, neuroscientist and professor of psychology at the University of South Florida.
Aware of this, several brands began to equip their vehicles with volumetric or weight sensors that project an alert on the instrument panel when the engine is turned off and detect that the rear seats are occupied. In most cases, the reminder is accompanied by an audible signal and even the horn.
Even child seat manufacturers have incorporated an alarm system that is activated if the driver walks away from the vehicle and leaves the child inside. In this case, the device sends a message to a designated phone, or to other registered cell phones in case there is no response.
What did not exist until now is the system that Toyota has just incorporated into the new Sienna, a minivan sold mainly in the United States and which is capable of call the driver by phone in case presence is detected in the rear seats.
Toyota Sienna. The new minivan sold in the US is capable of calling its driver by phone if it detects that there is a child or an animal forgotten inside the vehicle. This system works with a 60 GHz radar hidden in the roof that uses waves to scan the seats in the second and third rows for possible movements.
If motion is detected in the scanned area after the engine has been stopped, the driver’s door has been opened and closed, and the vehicle has been locked, the initial warning will activate the hazard lights and sound the alarm nine times that normally reminds you that there is a poorly closed door.
If no door has been opened after 90 seconds and it continues to detect movement, it will activate the horn and then send a text message to the driver’s phone. If there is no response, after two minutes the car will call you by phone.
If the vehicle is with the engine off but without the doors locking, the system will skip the first two steps to directly intervene through the SMS.
In order to start this intelligent alert system, it will be necessary for the driver to register in the Toyota Safety Connect app and have the Advanced Rear Seat Reminder function notifications activated.
