Larger, Quieter Vehicles Create Driveway Dangers
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- Property Management
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- Security,
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Overview: Parents and others who allow kids to play in a driveway have always foolishly overlooked a safety hazard that comes with the potential for injury or death. Now larger vehicles and quieter vehicle technology exacerbate the risk. Blind spots - areas as large as 50 feet deep by 7 feet wide behind and along side the vehicle - are virtually invisible to a person in the driver's seat, and the growing size of blind spots are responsible for a 57 percent increase in backover deaths among kids under 2 years old.
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Format: HTML | Date: Feb 2006 | Pages: 3
