How do I keep my child from being injured by a car backing-up in the driveway?

How do I keep my child from being injured by a car backing-up in the driveway?

Stephanie Tombrello (Child Passenger Safety Educator & Executive Director, SafetyBeltSafe USA) gives expert video advice on: How do I keep my child from being injured by a car backing-up in the driveway?

One of the most stunning pieces of information that has become more commonly known is how hard it is to see if a child is behind a vehicle or right in front of the vehicle when somebody's starting it up, especially when you think the child is safe inside the house and have no idea the youngster is there. We have a huge blind spot, particularly in larger vehicles and particularly with smaller drivers. And so, one of the things you can do is to always walk around behind the car before you get into it. That at least gives you a chance to see what's around the vehicle before you start it. But the other thing is if you don't have a camera that allows you to see what's directly behind your vehicle, it's really hard to know, so you have to be exceptionally careful that there's no one there. And every story where a child has been backed over or run over in the driveway is exceptionally tragic, because usually the person driving the vehicle is a relative of this child and really wants to do everything possible to protect them, yet simply didn't see them.