On my business travels I came across a client with a new Toyota Hybrid(I believe a Camry), it was nice and I crawled through it looking at connections and shutoffs. But what he told me next brings a new focus on accident Safety. The fob , a device that uses an electric pulse to allow a car to be started or unlocked without keys. These cars do not even have keys or key holes.
This individual just leaves them in his pocket and switches a lever in his car to start it. I talked with one individual whom leaves the fob on is visor in a locked car so he can remote start the car.( In Wisconsin this is a bonus in winter to warm up your car without having to walk outside at -20F).
Lets get to the questions this begs in extrication and car safety. Our current practice is to make sure we are in park and put the keys up on the dashboard. (Tow truck operators would like them later.)
Fast forward to a rescue...... Car is in park no keys during initial inner circle someone hits the shift and the car goes. (I realize the car is cribbed and all the good stuff we do ahead of time) It is no longer acceptable to find the keys but the fobs and remove them from the scene. What I have seen is that they have to be in the car to start it. However in the case of my friend who puts is in the visor to remote start it we now have an unknown hazard. Have any departments put an SOP in place for the fob?
This individual just leaves them in his pocket and switches a lever in his car to start it. I talked with one individual whom leaves the fob on is visor in a locked car so he can remote start the car.( In Wisconsin this is a bonus in winter to warm up your car without having to walk outside at -20F).
Lets get to the questions this begs in extrication and car safety. Our current practice is to make sure we are in park and put the keys up on the dashboard. (Tow truck operators would like them later.)
Fast forward to a rescue...... Car is in park no keys during initial inner circle someone hits the shift and the car goes. (I realize the car is cribbed and all the good stuff we do ahead of time) It is no longer acceptable to find the keys but the fobs and remove them from the scene. What I have seen is that they have to be in the car to start it. However in the case of my friend who puts is in the visor to remote start it we now have an unknown hazard. Have any departments put an SOP in place for the fob?
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