Spring Car Care
What Kids Say
Scott Mitchell Johnson talked to third-graders at Zippel Elementary School
“What is something car manufacturers could do to make cars safer?”
Gavin Bernard
Age: 8
Teacher:
Llori Kierstead
“Put extra air bags in the seats — including the backseats — so if you roll over, it will keep everyone safe. Maybe they could also put in different windows — softer ones so if you hit your head it’s not as hard, but ones that won’t break as easily either.”
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Braydon Abbott
Age: 8
Teacher:
Shannon Blake
“I don’t know. Maybe put more cameras and mirrors in the car so you can see all around you.”
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Claude Sutherland
Age: 8
Teacher:
Teresa Summerson
“For blind people, manufacturers could make it so the driver could tell the car where they want to go, like the store to buy stuff, and then the car would tell them when to turn left, right or go straight.”
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Marah Clark
Age: 8
Teacher:
Teresa Summerson
“Put something extra soft in the air bags so when they come into the person’s face, it doesn’t hurt them. Something like what they put in a pillow. Another thing would be when kids go to the circus and they get a balloon, you should have a glass box in-between the seats where you could put the balloon so it doesn’t pop, but doesn’t go near the driver.”
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Kristen Graves
Age: 8
Teacher:
Kristi Greaves
“Have an alert when somebody’s not buckled or somebody’s not driving the right way, or going too fast or too slow. It would be a siren/beeping sound. After the beep, the car would tell you what would be wrong. Say you’re driving and you weren’t buckled, you’d hear a siren and then a voice would say, “You’re not buckled.”
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Zoey Violette
Age: 9
Teacher:
Llori Kierstead
“Just make cars more accident-proof so they don’t get so damaged. Maybe companies could make cars out of a stronger metal so the cars would get dented and bent if they were in an accident.”
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