(WTNH)–Every year, there are children left in hot cars in the summer time by accident, and that can lead to their death.
Julianne Godwin of Essex, a mother of two, decided to do something about this. She developed a low-tech reminder, a tag called “Slow Down Baby.”
The tag tells you in bold letters that yes, you have a child in the car. No matter how distracted you might become, a parent, a caregiver, anyone, you have a giant octagonal yellow reminder to slow down and remember your child.
Godwin, who works at a correctional facility in Connecticut, took an oath on her job to protect public safety, and this is one way she’s doing that.
The tags are available at SlowDownBaby.com. For each one sold, Godwin will give one away for free.
She says she has thought about getting them into the hands of state and local police, and Senator Richard Blumenthal told her on Monday that they ought to get the National Transportation Safety Board involved as well.
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