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46. It's unbelievable.

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 01:29 PM

Jul 2014

I've been thinking of how cars could be safer when the heat rises in vehicles.

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Another baby dies after being left in a hot car. WHO forgets a child is in a car??? [View all] demtenjeep Jul 2014 OP

It will keep happening kcr Jul 2014 #1

Are cars really that big to some drivers that, upon exiting, they are unable to see A CHILD? WinkyDink Jul 2014 #4

Rear facing car seats kcr Jul 2014 #8

and they are in the back seat. Sivafae Jul 2014 #15

How do you prevent it from happening? Rex Jul 2014 #5

Let their kids hold their cellphones. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #9

I just don't understand...I don't have any kids, but still Rex Jul 2014 #17

In most cases, same way you can mess up anything you do routinely JHB Jul 2014 #39

Combine a quiet baby with sleep deprivation, mental exhaustion, and crushing medical bills.... aikoaiko Jul 2014 #42

Day care busses have alarms preventing this kcr Jul 2014 #10

Well then maybe it is about time to put them in private cars. Rex Jul 2014 #18

Yes. But as I say, it won't happen unless we push for it. kcr Jul 2014 #20

You know that is very sad...that industry would fight a safety feature. Rex Jul 2014 #25

I know kcr Jul 2014 #28

I don't know. I don't forget even my coupons. Or umbrella. Or hat. Definitely not purse. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #2

The comments nearly made me hurl stevenleser Jul 2014 #3

I saw that demtenjeep Jul 2014 #11

I don't get it. DRIVING in a car in that heat is not always very comfortable Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #6

I can't even count how many times I've forgotten my cell phone in the car gollygee Jul 2014 #22

You mean I DIDN'T just solve the problem with my one-liner? Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #24

That makes the 18th child cooked to death in cars so far this year. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #7

So sad. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #13

one of the foster parents in this case was arrested last night demtenjeep Jul 2014 #14

This. LiberalLoner Jul 2014 #51

People who view their babies as Facebook content generators and fashion accessories. nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #12

Seriously? uppityperson Jul 2014 #52

Seriously REP Jul 2014 #55

With all the comparisons in this thread to "I've left a package/food/cell....etc" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2014 #61

You'd be surprised. It happens because of the way The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #16

+1 gollygee Jul 2014 #21

People judge because they don't want to believe it could ever happen to them. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #29

That's a big part of it kcr Jul 2014 #33

Thank you for posting this etherealtruth Jul 2014 #27

Thank you for posting this. It's a wonderful article and people who claim that such a thing couldn't Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #44

Excellent article. Thanks for the link. nt femmocrat Jul 2014 #45

really good article, thank you Kali Jul 2014 #47

That is an excellent article... BronxBoy Jul 2014 #48

Excellent article treestar Jul 2014 #59

ok. I have a family of distracted people hollysmom Jul 2014 #19

My craziest roof of the car story kcr Jul 2014 #23

Why am I carrying a Diaper Bag HockeyMom Jul 2014 #26

Did the article say he was carrying a diaper bag? gollygee Jul 2014 #30

good point demtenjeep Jul 2014 #32

wow...at home Niceguy1 Jul 2014 #34

People should place purses, briecases, Ilsa Jul 2014 #31

Well, he got the five year old out of the back seat--- snooper2 Jul 2014 #40

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That's such a simple solution! Wait Wut Jul 2014 #36

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Self control? Wait Wut Jul 2014 #41

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that would not stop this from happening treestar Jul 2014 #57

I have to say....................... Swede Atlanta Jul 2014 #37

this incident happened at home. The car was parked infront of the home for more than 2 hours demtenjeep Jul 2014 #43

It's unbelievable. LLD Jul 2014 #46

everybody. in the sense that research shows no similarities between people who forget La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2014 #49

if you've ever forgetten *anything*, i.e., if you're human, it could happen to you. unblock Jul 2014 #50

Yes, the article above pointed out it has become more common treestar Jul 2014 #58

A parent stumbling through life, hallucinating from sleep deprivation? Warpy Jul 2014 #53

I've actually been so sleep deprived I hallucinated and blacked out without warning REP Jul 2014 #56

Prayers to the family and the child,,,,, benld74 Jul 2014 #54