Changes coming to Kentucky gas pumps

LEXINGTON, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Kentucky gas pumps will be getting stickers on them with reminders that could potentially save a life.

According to the Kentucky State Police (KSP), each year more than two dozen children die from being left in hot cars across the country.

With that in mind, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) is adding new labels to gas pumps to remind parents to check on their children while pumping gas.

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KDA inspectors added the stickers to gas pumps that have passed quality standards, verifying they have been checked for leaks as well as meter and price accuracy

“That’s something that we as a department wanted to bring light to, and that’s what we’re here for this morning, is to announce that to let you all know that we’re going to have these inspection stickers that are going to add an extra special message to it,” Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell said.

Shell said that KDA is adding the “extra special message” to the labels in cooperation with KSP, to help save as many children’s lives as possible over the hot summer months.

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