‘Back seat alarm’ bill gains steam in Florida Senate
100 children have died in FL hot cars since 1990
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ORLANDO – Some lawmakers want to upgrade daycare vans with alarms that would go off if something or someone is left in the backseat.
Florida is second in the nation in hot car deaths, a bill aimed to lower this number is facing hurdles.
“I just can’t believe that this bill has taken so long to pass. This is going on the third year, and it is just crazy,” Sen. Linda Stewart said. “Every year we
sine die,
and we start counting up the deaths for the next year.”