” I sorely doubt any of them were left intentionally”
I do. What kind of idiot forgets they have a child in a car?? None. They simply didn’t want to take the child with them.
Low IQ crowd.
Was astounded a few years ago to look up the statistics.
Big Cowardly Media never reports more than the obligatory three or four incidents per summer, because if they published all thirty-something cases every year, they’d lose subscribers.
I could. Fact is even smart people can forget something that is vitally important to them, given the right chain of events. Add to that the fact that it is a known situation that people will not remember the last several miles of driving their car. It’s a human brain thing. It’s about going on autopilot with routine tasks, and a slight change in the routine can sometimes cause a person to forget to do somethin that is critical. It’s also about multitasking.
Fortunately, it doesn’t happen often.
I know that there have been cases like this; we had cases where women left kids in hot cars to gamble or have their hair done. But I think in other instances people are just too stressed and harried these days.
When I ran into to pay for gas I used to leave my child in the car. I knew I had left her. It only took one death on the news for me to change my ways.
Those who forget probably shouldn’t be driving. They are too distracted or impaired.
Seriously? Do you really think this could not happen to you? Like the article said, people that think it could not happen to them are part of the problem. Even making this statement shows colossal ignorance on your part.
You do not ever forget your kids.
I have 3 and I’d sooner forget my right arm than them. Have NEVER left them in the car. Not this day and age. Where I go, THEY go.
They are not an intrusion on me, they are my life.