New push to protect kids from hot cars

PHOENIX - There's a new push to protect kids from dying in hot cars.  It's a big problem in Arizona and many other states.

Several safety groups will call on Congress this week urging them to require that cars be made with safety systems to warn parents their child is still in the car.  The alarms would be similar to safety belt systems.

"I think a parent should take care of it but they don't always so it's a good idea." said Valley parent Sheila Wilkes.

"I can't ever imagine leaving a child alone in a car" said Mary Vicery.

41 children died in hot cars this year and August is the deadliest month on record.

Experts say  the temperature in a closed car can rise 19 degrees in ten minutes, 43 degrees in an hour.

"If you put a kid in a car you should remember.  I remember my kid." said Rubin Silva.

Federal safety official will hear the pitch and take a closer look at the technology.  But no safety system is better that a parent who is paying attention.

Parent Tiffany Seay says "I don't think we need them.  It's a parents responsibility."