I just have a problem with any parent being so distracted that they forget they have a child in the car with them. Children need to be in the front seat where parents can physically see them and comfort them when needed or spend time talking or singing to them rather than talking on their cell phone or focusing on other issues.
Certainly putting all their possessions in the back seat with the baby might help but whomever is accepting responsibility for transporting a child needs to learn to get it together.
‘Children need to be in the front seat where parents can physically see them and comfort them when needed or spend time talking or singing to them...’
It is against the law in most states to have child in a front seat of a passenger car. In most states a baby MUST be in the back seat. Rear facing, in an infant seat until age 2. Children must be in safety or booster seats until age 8.