I agree - but the end result of not remembering is still a dead kid.
-p
On 5/29/2010 12:53 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
That's a different problem. Drivers are often poorly vetted, and have
no particular connection to someone else' precious child. Under those
circumstances such an arrangement makes a lot of sense, but so does
having seat belts in all buses something which may still not be
implemented everywhere.
On 5/29/2010 1:17 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
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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