After a USA Today report revealing that several people suffering from paralysis or sensory problems have sustained burns from their car’s heated seats, the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has been asked to look in to the matter and establish if the incidents are widespread and if they pose an “unreasonable safety risk.”
In February, the American newspaper published an article stating that burn specialist David Greenhalgh and lawyer Sean Kane had noted several such cases. The former had once treated a patient who received burns after staying seated on a heated cushion where the temperature reached 48°C in one spot. As for Mr Kane, he said he had knowledge of a dozen similar cases.
Last week, the law firm Johnson Clifton Larson & Schalle as well as Texas lawyer Susan Heygood joined the debate, saying they had defended around 25 clients for exactly the same problem and that at least 150 other people have sustained similar wounds.
According to doctor Greenhalgh, chief of burns at Shriners Hospital for Children in North Carolina, the maximum temperature of heated seats shouldn’t exceed 40°C.
Source: USA Today
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In February, the American newspaper published an article stating that burn specialist David Greenhalgh and lawyer Sean Kane had noted several such cases. The former had once treated a patient who received burns after staying seated on a heated cushion where the temperature reached 48°C in one spot. As for Mr Kane, he said he had knowledge of a dozen similar cases.
Last week, the law firm Johnson Clifton Larson & Schalle as well as Texas lawyer Susan Heygood joined the debate, saying they had defended around 25 clients for exactly the same problem and that at least 150 other people have sustained similar wounds.
According to doctor Greenhalgh, chief of burns at Shriners Hospital for Children in North Carolina, the maximum temperature of heated seats shouldn’t exceed 40°C.
Source: USA Today