Tuesday, May 15, 2018


More than two dozen people died from keyless ignitions since 2006.

The New York Post (5/14, Eustachewich, 4.39M) reports that a new report found that 28 people were killed and 45 were injured by carbon monoxide from keyless cars. In all of the cases, “drivers unintentionally filled their homes with toxic fumes by leaving their cars on inside attached garages.” The article notes that while keyless ignitions are standard in over half of the new cars sold in the US, “there are no federal regulations on automatic engine shutoffs or beeping sounds to warn drivers the car is still running.” The article adds that NHTSA “failed three times to adopt regulations that would require car manufacturers to install external and internal warning beeps.”

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