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58. Yes, the article above pointed out it has become more common

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 04:17 PM

Jul 2014

since it was discovered air bags are more dangerous and kids should be in the back seat.

Good idea about always checking the back seat regardless, before leaving the car. That could be ingrained as a habit and come from the basal ganglia that article says takes over.

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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