jedediah: summer is here. hotter temperatures and cars. according to the national safety counsel. 2018 had a record number of hot car fatalities, pushing new legislation for automakers that could save lives. jedediah: here is more is vice president of kids and cars.org. sue, so great to have you here. thanks for having me. jedediah: talk about this hot cars act. the act would require that some sort of sensor technology be installed in standard equipment that would detect an occupant in the rear seat of the vehicle when the car is turned off and the person starts to walk away. rick: is it going through legislation? stalled? where is it in the process. going through the senate and waiting for the house version of the bill. hoping to push it through this year so all families can have life-saving technology moving forward. jedediah: people who have children deeply concerned about this or pets. it will register if there is a dog in the backseat of the car. absolutely or vulnerab
friends first. first hoverboards, now this. a battery-powered tesla car goes up in flames. the model s was at a charging station in norway when it caught fire. norwegian investigators will analyze the wreckage and the charging station to find out what happened. tesla also launching investigations. this comes amid dozens of reports of hoverboards exploding while charging. an increasingly common feature in cars could pose a deadly risk. keyless ignitions caused at least 19 deaths since 2009. that s to kids and cars.org. cars with the switches don t automatically turn off so they could fill your garage with carbon monoxide. the government is looking at making mandatory alarms on them. a sman fighting back against the recreational drone regulation. he s filed a lawsuit claiming the faa has no right to impose rules if the aircraft is flown safely according to laws already
compare that to four total cases in the 24 years prior to that. are we seeing a huge rise in these cases nationwide, or are we just paying closer attention now to what is happening? we may be paying closer attention. we hear these stories every year, and this georgia case in particular has certainly been getting a lot of attention, but as you mention, the circumstances in this case are very different to what we have seen. but according to kids in cars.org, there were 44 kids who died inside hot cars last year. 16 so far this year. and on average, a child dies inside a hot car every nine days, according to that advocacy group. heat stroke is the second leading cause of nontraffic fatalities among children in the u.s. thanks for your reporting on this, a story that is understandably getting a lot of attention. we re going to turn now to a major hack attack targeting the united states government. u.s. officials say chinese hackers broke into personnel files in march, snooping on emplo
22-month-old son cooper locked in an suv for seven hours on is claims it was an accident. police are also looking into the child s mother for possible involvement. this case, grim reminder of the dangers of heatstroke for children left in hot cars and it is a bigger problem than many of us might think. jonathan scary live with that story. he is in atlanta. what do numbers tell us, jonathan? reporter: bill, all too common, on average, 38 children across the u.s. die from overheating in cars. 15 so far this year and the summer is still young. that information from kids in cars.org. while this recent case in suburban atlanta is investigated as homicide, child welfare officials say more often it is clear-cut accident. numbers could be reduced if people take action. if you see child left in a car, authorities say don t assume everything is under control, get help. body heats three to five times faster than of an adult. the younger the child, the more
shoes. so it ensured for me that i would never ever do that again and so i just put that out there for the parents that are watching because if that, my story saves one life, it s important but i m happy we re talking about this because something needs to be done. absoluteabsolutely. there is an entire organization. kids in cars.org raises awareness, whether taking your shoes off or whatever you need to do it happens too often and the bottom line is now a 22 month old is gone because he was left in a car. sunny hostin, paul colin, this could be one of the biggest stories of the year. we ll stay on it. also ahead, hurricane arthur slamming atlantic beach, north carolina right now. our crews are standing by. ear popping wind, intense rainfall. we re there in the thick of it for you tonight. special live coverage here on cnn, stay with me. the cadillac summer collection is here.