The organization “Kids and Car Safety” is praising Toyota for implementing advanced rear-seat reminder technology in the 2025 Toyota Sienna. This innovative system, using in-cabin radar, will help prevent children from being unknowingly left behind in vehicles, a critical step in reducing hot car deaths and injuries. Thirty seven kids across the nation have died this year due to hot car incidents, most under the age of 3. Toyota’s new feature addresses this urgent safety concern by utilizing millimeter-wave radar, a special class of radar technology, to detect rear-seat occupants and alert drivers. This innovative technology supports Kids and Car Safetys mission to promote lifesaving technologies in all vehicles.
Kids and Car Safety Director, Amber Rolins, says they will continue to advocate Congress for hot car safety standards to be issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to mandate that the life saving technology can be installed in every new car. She says it’s a simple, inexpensive technology that will save lives.
