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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 79 points 4 months ago (7 children)

People, if there’s a child in the back seat, and it’s hot out… call the cops.

If the child isn’t moving… pound on the window to try and rouse them. If you can’t…. Go to the opposite front window and break it.

(You’ll have to be creative. It’s not easy to break automotive glass Something hard and concentrated. Or a big ass rock.)

Also, probably preaching to the choir…. But….

DONT LEAVE YOUR KID IN THE FUCKING CAR.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The people that do this aren’t on here.

[–] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They are. The people who do this? They are you and me and your neighbor.

Check out this article: Fatal Distraction, it won a Pulitzer Prize. It's about how the mind works and why this incident keeps happening over and over again.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 39 points 4 months ago (2 children)

People on Lemmy can't afford cars and are too frightened by intimacy to conceive any children

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Kids are scary because they remind me of me and I can’t have another one of those bastards running around, muckin about

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I thought that but they're more like your best parts and a pure version of you that your parents didn't fuck up yet

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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Lol maybe Reddit. Maybe. Lemmy is too niche, and most of the Linux nerds here are too autistic to breed

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

Yes they are. And if you think you're better than these people and couldn't forget and have a slip up you are wrong.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We hope. Probably preaching to the choir, but even five minutes in 90+, it can get dangerously hot inside a car.

Also, even if it’s not, there’s other dangers. It’s all around just not cool.

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[–] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (20 children)
[–] capital@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140729204858/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

FUCK ME

Several people -- including Mary Parks of Blacksburg -- have driven from their workplace to the day-care center to pick up the child they’d thought they’d dropped off, never noticing the corpse in the back seat.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

I didn't want to read the article because I expected horrible things written in there. Like this.

Thanks

[–] Corigan@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I couldn't finish reading, I am already a mess of tears 10 paragraphs in. I cannot imagine the pain and guilt....

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[–] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (24 children)

We created laws to require seat belts, maybe it’s time we create laws that require the manufacturers to install tech to detect kids and pets left in hot vehicles and alert the authorities or at the very least sound an alarm.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 47 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Seatbelts are simple. Aside from the big brother distopian nightmare this proposal enables, I'm not convinced such a thing it technically possible.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I can see the headlines about the first time it’s rolled out… all the headlines are short people being mad that they were flagged as kids

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Or the police officers who rushed on scene to find a bag of groceries in the back seat...after smashing a window...

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago

'Where... dog?'

A confused police officer shredds a bag of veggies with a shotgun, claims self-defense.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I've had rental cars chirp back at me when I tried to lock them because my backpack was in the back seat.

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[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Some cars have that already. I rented a Hyundai Elantra recently when my car was being serviced. It came with Rear Occupant Alert. Ultrasonic sensors can detect if there's movement in the backseat when a driver exits the vehicle.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They tried. Lobbyists got Congress to shoot it down.

It's not difficult. Functioning designs already exist. Hell most if not all cars today have weight sensors to determine airbag deployment.

If it saves one kid, then I'm all for it.

By the way: this famous article is a must-read for this topic

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Almost all modern cars (made in the last few years) have some kind of warning when you turn the car off and something is weighing down the backseat. My car has it.

Though it's possible to turn it off, I think it should be required to not be toggle-able.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why's it always gotta be a 2yo. :/

I'll be sure to hug my daughter extra tomorrow.

[–] lmaydev@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if that's because it's one of the most mentally draining ages.

Often the parents forget about them rather than intentionally leave them with no windows open.

[–] naun@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I wonder if it's because 2-year-olds are usually pretty noisy, so when they've fallen asleep, it's easier to forget that they're even back there.

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[–] Resol@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (7 children)

It's hot enough to cook an egg in there (I think), so please don't cook your children too. They're not food.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Parenting pro tip: Once the car seat is installed, check it every time you leave the car. Even before the baby is born, even if you are currently holding the baby.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Every time I leave a bathroom I go right back in to make sure I flushed. I know I did, but I still do. Same idea, albeit lower stakes.

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