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New SEMA Toyota
Accessory Meeting Video:

Description: SEMA President Chris Kersting addresses
attendees of the 2007 SEMA Show Luncheon and Keynote
Address, a special event featuring Toyota’s Corporate
Marketing Manager Brian Smith who illustrated the
importance of vehicle personalization and the
specialty-equipment industry to the Toyota brand.

IN THE MEDIA

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June 9th, 2008 Edition	Entitled, “Grief Beyond Words.”  (pages 83-84).
	People Magazine included information about backovers in a special sidebar entitled, “A Preventable Tragedy” with a link to the website.  www.KidsAndCars.org  May has been a particularly tragic month for children being hit by vehicles. (backovers and frontovers)  During the past 2 weeks, at least 12 children have lost their lives all over the country.  There also have been many more incidents where children have been critically injured. May 28, 2008  Child hit, killed by car - St. Petersburg, FL May 25, 2008  Toddler Accidentally Run Over, Killed In Church Parking Lot May 24, 2008  Woman accused of hit-and-run death - Lower Onondaga Park, NY May 22, 2008 17-month-old Rainer Girl Dead After Father Backs Over Her with Jeep May 22, 2008  2-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car, Killed by Family Friend - Greenwood, SC May 21, 2008  Toddler hit by pickup, killed - Waynesville, FL May 21, 2008  Toddler dead after being hit by car in driveway - Swisher, IA May 21, 2008  Steven Chapman's daughter killed by SUV in driveway - Franklin, TN May 20, 2008  Mom kills tot in driveway tragedy - Garland, TX May 19, 2008  7-year-old is run over by a pickup - East Dubuque, IL May 15, 2008  2-year-old dies after being struck by vehicle - Longview, TX May 15, 2008  Toddler killed by SUV - Roosevelt, UT
November 18, 2007
	WMTW.com - Video - Preventing Blind Zone Accidents  They are tragic accidents that happen everyday, drivers backing over children they cannot see because of blind zones. News 8's Keith Baldi takes a look at what is show more  They are tragic accidents that happen everyday, drivers backing over children they cannot see because of blind zones. News 8's Keith Baldi takes a look at what is being done to prevent these accidents from happening.  Click here to view video
November 16, 2007
	WMTW.com Boy's Death Highlights Need For Rear-Visibility Standards Click here to read more...
November 8, 2007
	Experts Offer Tips To Avoid Backing Over Kids Click here to read more...
	November 1, 2007  A Carlisle mother tells the Eyewitness News I-Team about the loss of her 20 month old son Dillon. The toddler didn't survive a back-over accident. Click here to read more...
	Back Over Bill Oct 2, 2007  Click here to view
	August 7, 2007 Janette Fennell: Safety at under 5-miles-per-hour “It if can’t be done, don’t interrupt the person who is doing it.”  Click here to view
	Dangers of Vehicle 'Blind Zones'  July 7, 2007 Click here to view
	June 26, 2007, Cookie Magazine Backing Up Is Hard To Do I just finished flipping through my latest copy of One Step Ahead, a.k.a. porn for the paranoid parent. It's made me feeling verrrrrrry safety first. So today you heard first about the new napalm of the backyard:  poison ivy 2.0. Now, let me introduce you to the hazards of big honkin' suburban assault vehicles with blind spots longer than a Boeing 747's slipstream.  read more>>
	Sat, Jun. 23, 2007 Families Cope With Child Backover Deaths MICHAEL GRACZYK The Associated Press click here
	May 30, 2007 Vehicle Blind Spots Pose Danger ABC News Sixteen-month-old Alec Nelson was killed in 2004 in a tragic accident in his family's driveway. His grandfather was backing the car out, when he failed to see the toddler behind the vehicle. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3225514
	May 18, 2007 Senate Panel Advances Vehicle Backover Safety Bill Insurance Journal New vehicles would need to offer more safety features to address backovers and other potentially devastating accidents involving children under legislation approved this week by a Senate committee. http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/05/18/79837.htm
	May 17, 2007 Kelly Dunn reports on the dangers children face in  driveways due to the large blind zones behind all vehicles Click here to view 3 part series
	Bigger cars with bigger blind spots taking a tragic toll May 14, 2007 Click here to view
	May 7, 2007 New technology to help prevent kids from being injured or killed in backover accidents Crescent News There's probably nothing worse than losing a child, especially when the death may have been preventable as in many non-traffic fatalities. http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/1966892
	May 7, 2007 Herb Weisbaum informs viewers about the large blind zones behind all vehicles Click here to view
	April 21, 2007 Family campaigns in late toddler's memory BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO Click here to read more