Unfortunately it's not just parents that do this. We're had several cases in MKE, in both summer and in the dead of winter, where the driver of a day care van has forgotten to off-load a child. For those folks they're considering an alarm that can only be disarmed by physically deactivating it at each and every seat in the van, thus, theoretically, making sure each seat is checked to make sure no one is left behind.

-p

On 5/29/2010 11:02 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Has anyone thought about the fact that, just maybe, the parents that do this might subconsciously want to forget about their children?

On 5/29/2010 10:56 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:


Paul Sorenson wrote:

Excellent and timely article. It doesn't take a very warm outside temperature to turn a vehicle into an oven. The suggestion to put a "reminder item" in the back seat is a good low tech solution, but it's also a pretty sad commentary on our society that it's easier to remember to take your cell phone than it is to remember your child is sitting behind you.

-p

What Paul 2 said about Paul 1's article :)

I was about to cut and paste the line about the reminder in my reply.... It leapt off the page, er, screen.
ann




On 5/29/2010 7:04 AM, paul stenquist wrote:

Most of my writing is, well, frivolous. Not this time. Kids are dying in cars at an unprecedented rate. As unbelievable as it sounds, those deaths are often caused by a simple memory lapse. The Times asked me to look into it. The article appears in tomorrow's paper, and it's up on the web now.

Our own Ken Waller served as a very valuable resource, and he's quoted in the article. You'll find it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/automobiles/30HEAT.html?pagewanted=1&ref=automobiles

Paul


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