Push For Safer Power Windows

[dArKeR]

 Power windows that can trap small hands and heads can lead to children's deaths, say consumer advocates who want U.S. automakers to install devices that will keep kids safe.

Kids and Cars, Public Citizen and others are launching a campaign Tuesday for window switches that are harder for children to hit accidentally and windows that stop closing if something gets in their way.

"We're showing over 58 children have been killed this way," Janette Fennell, president of Kids and Cars of Kansas City, Kan., told CBS News Correspondent John Hartge.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/19/national/main569126.shtml

I've had this happen to me. I've done this to people accidently. I've seen this happen to other cars as a bystander. You can list a 1000 things which a President and Congress should be doing to take care of America instead of spending/using all the money we paid in taxes to kill Muslims, steal their oil... I don't watch too much TV. Has anyone seen a comparison of what our country could have done with this money instead of using it for murdering Muslims?

[LeftCoast]

1. My Mom nearly killed me with the power window when I was a wee LeftCoaster

I must've been about 4 at the time. I had my head out the window and she was driving. Didn't notice me and started the window. Next thing I know, I'm trapped and screeching!

Can't remember if I got an ice-cream out of it or not. :)

[blondeatlast]

2. I despise power windows--and I drive a "luxury" car!

How effing lazy can you be? I would much rather have a knob to turn--sheesh. These things are just a complete waste of money and engineering . . .

I would pay MORE if I could just get a cushy car without these lazy-ass, sob-ing, contraptions.

Is there ANY practical use for them at all? I would appreciate knowing if there is; to me they are a huge waste.

Did I mention I hate power windows in cars?

[LeftCoast]

3. I liked them when I lived in SoCal

I hate car A/C so I'd get in the car and roll down all the electric windows as I drove. Was a lot more convenient, but certainly not a necessity.

[Hippo_Tron]

4. Uhm

There's usually a button on the driver's pannel that can disable all of the other window buttons except for the ones on the drivers panel. SOOOO... use that button and find something more important to worry about.

[cprise]

5. I think manual windows make more sense

...except if you're lazy.