Car safety measures for flooded vehicles, and kids left in locked cars

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September 27 2022 - 5:30am
Floodwaters on Limestone Avenue. Picture by Graham Tidy
Floodwaters on Limestone Avenue. Picture by Graham Tidy

Cars will need their electronics to fully function for up to two minutes underwater so people can escape from cars in floodwaters, and audible warnings will sound if a child is left in a parked car under the new national vehicle safety measures to be introduced from next year.

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Peter Brewer

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