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Richard Blumenthal: “Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, as well as Mercedes and Volvo, those…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Hartford advocates push for hot car alert systems

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

There have been no regulation and many, many brands of cars have no effective alert reminder. I want to give a shout out to the car manufacturers that are doing the right thing voluntarily. Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, as well as Mercedes and Volvo, those five [manufacturers] are doing the right thing voluntarily. So there is technology that has a detection sensor. It consists of a radar like device that alerts the driver whenever there are any movements in the backseat of the car after the motor is turned off. (02:35–02:43)

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Asserts that Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, and Volvo have voluntarily implemented alert technology.

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