Windle Turley Pushes for 'Adrianna's Rule' - Making Car Back-Up Sensors Mandatory Nationwide - With Nissan Lawsuit

DALLAS, Nov. 18, 2004 -- Rachel Clemens wants everyone to know her two-year-old daughter, Adrianna, would be alive today if their SUV had back-up car sensors. "We were celebrating our seven-year-old son's birthday last month, when my husband backed out of the garage," the grieving mother recalls tearfully. "In a matter of seconds, he had run over little Adrianna. Her death could have been avoided if our SUV had been equipped with car back-up sensors or a television monitor."

In the weeks following her daughter's death on October 9th, Ms. Clemens has learned almost four children die every week due to similar accidents -- deaths that could have been avoided if every car were equipped with back-up warning sensors. "The irony is that it costs less than $70 for automakers to install a sensor device in the factory. That is a small price to pay for the lives of 200 children to be saved every year," Ms. Clemens says.

According to Consumer Union, publishers of Consumer Reports, recent polls reveal that 8 in 10 Americans want more car-safety regulations to protect children. Currently, vehicles have blind spots of 13' to 51', depending on their size. Even a cluster of children can stand behind a vehicle undetected.

Therefore, Rachel Clemens is proposing a new regulation, "Adrianna's Rule", asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to make car sensors mandatory. "Hopefully, the lawsuit we are filing against Nissan will help focus the auto industry's attention on this growing, but preventable hazard," says Ms. Clemens.

The Clemens are developing a website for citizens to visit to sign an online petition calling for car sensors to be made mandatory: http://www.adriannaslaw.com/ . To find out more about car safety statistics, visit: http://www.kidsandcars.org/ and http://www.safecarsforkids.org/ . To learn more about the Nissan lawsuit, contact win@wturley.com .