Jeremy Vine

BBC Radio 2 - 29 July 2009

Mark spoke to Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 about the Iain Goodwill Trust and its efforts to prevent driveway accidents. Click play to hear the interview in full.


 

Father's crusade pays off as car giant to fit safety device

The Scotsman - 25 July 2009

THE father of a baby run over and killed after another child turned the ignition key on the family car has helped persuade manufacturers to fit a safety device to avert similar tragedies, The Scotsman has learned.

The move came after Iain Goodwill, one, died in the driveway of his home at Pettyvaich, near Kiltarlity in Inverness-shire, two years ago.

The boy was trapped under a Saab 9-5 after another toddler turned the ignition key, taken from the house, causing the car to jump backwards because it was parked in reverse gear.

Carmakers have agreed to a feature on some new models which would prevent the engine being started until the brake or clutch pedal has been pressed.

The move comes after a campaign by Dr Mark Goodwill, Iain's father, which involved lobbying ministers and MPs.

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Toddler did not die in vain

Inverness Courier - 22 May 2009

EVEN in the days immediately after the death of toddler Iain Goodwill, his parents Mark and Helen knew they had to do something to prevent other families suffering similar tragedies.

Iain, described by his family as an intelligent, fit, active, musical and increasingly articulate little boy, was just 17 months old when a car reversed over him in the driveway of the family home at Pettyvaich near Kiltarlity in October 2007.

Another toddler had managed to get access to the keys of the family estate car and start the ignition.

"Unfortunately the car was a Saab and had to be parked in reverse as a safety feature," Mark explained.

Though the handbrake was on, it could not prevent the car from jumping back and striking the youngest of the couple's three children.

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