Case studies coming soon.  Please view our timeline below:

A BRIEF LOOK AT THE HISTORY:
1940'S	The first power windows are introduced.
1966	The first reported death of a child from power window strangulation.  Another child falls into a coma following power window entrapment.
1967	A three-year-old child dies.
1968	Ralph Nader sends a letter to the administrator of the National Highway Safety Board (NHSB) urging it to recall and require modification.  That same year, three more children die.
1969	A six-year-old dies. NHSB calls for a Federal Motor Vehicle Standard to reduce, if not eliminate, the deaths and injuries resulting from power windows.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also issues two notices of proposed rulemaking designed to minimize the danger.
1970	NHTSA issues a final rule requiring that power windows would be inoperable when the key was absent from the ignition or left in the off position.  Auto reverse recommendations were ignored "on the basis of safety benefits, cost effectiveness and economic impact."  Three more children die that year.
1980	Germany enacts German Road Act 80, requiring a power window reversing mechanism to reverse the power windows if obstruction is met.  The deaths of two children in the United States are reported, followed by numerous injuries over the next three years.
1986	European governments impose requirements on auto makers to incorporate anti-trapping/anti-pinching technology to power windows, including vehicles produced by the U.S. to be sold in Europe.
1987	NHTSA proposes similar technology in the United States.  Auto makers resist.
1989-1992	A 26-month-old baby is among the numerous deaths and injuries.  Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's 4-year-old daughter is one of the tragedies.
1993	One three-year-old loses a limb, another loses a finger.  At least three are killed.
1995	Attorney Michael Garth Moore presents NHTSA with a petition to mandate auto reverse technology in American automobiles.
1996-1998	Five more child deaths are reported.  NHTSA  takes no action on Moore's petition and auto makers deny knowledge of the dangers and incidents.
1999-2002	At least 15 children are killed and emergency rooms across the United States report that at least 500 children per year are treated for injuries related to power windows.
2003	The Zoie Foundation files a petition with NHTSA asking for reconsideration of safer technology mandates, backed by letters from Ralph Nader and Senator Bob Dole.
2004	NHTSA re-opens the 1996 petition.  Eight deaths are reported that year.
September 13, 2004	NHTSA announces it has approved portions of the petitions and will require all U.S. auto makers to incorporate safer switches in their cars no later than 2008.