ACTS teams with XM to air PSAs about the dangers of children and vehicles

The Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) is teaming up with XM Satellite Radio, the National WIC Association, as well as others, to remind parents to actively supervise their children in and around cars.

Each year hundreds of children suffer injuries or death from vehicles backing out of driveways, being trapped in hot vehicles or in car trunks, being strangled by power windows, in vehicles inadvertently put in motion by children and similar types of incidents. ACTS is aware of at least 100 of these incidents in the U.S. and Canada this year alone.

Safety information about the dangers of children in and around vehicles will be shared with parents across the country through ACTS' partnerships with XM Satellite Radio, the National WIC Association, Safe Kids Worldwide and other groups nationwide.

These groups, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and others will assist in distributing millions of brochures in English and Spanish. XM will be airing public service announcements on its Instant Traffic & Weather channels (XM 210-230) and its 24-hour Emergency Alert Channel (XM 247).

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