Hot Car Act aims to create new safety standards for cars
Advocates call for safety standards to prevent hot car deaths Several children die each year in Florida from heatstroke after being left in hot cars. Lawmakers are reintroducing the Hot Car Act to prevent more deaths. Credit: Proxima Studio - stock.adobe.com Author: Libby Hendren Updated: 3:02 PM EDT May 12, 2021 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Lawmakers are reintroducing a bill to help save dozens of kids from dying in hot cars. Last year, 25 children died from heatstroke across the U.S., and three of them were in Florida. It doesn't take much for a car to heat up...