When I was 8 years old, I remember sitting on those seat belts one hot Alabama summer afternoon. I got 2nd burns from them.
It gets real hot in a car in the South in August!
Posted on 07/23/2023 7:34:46 PM PDT by CFW
>> I stand corrected. I should have read the article.
Would have been more fun if you doubled down on the negligence of not carrying extra set of keys — just in case... lol
“My day started at 3 A.M. when I woke up & never could get back to sleep.”
Welcome to my world.
I always wondered how my mother could sleep four hours and then be wide awake for several hours. Now I know. You have no choice. You suddenly wake up, toss and turn, count sheep, go pee, count goats and chickens, all to no avail. You can’t fall back asleep. That’s just the way it is. I’ve learned to embrace it, come downstairs, have a cup of coffee and read to see what others are doing in the middle of the night (mostly crime if they are out and about).
“I learned the hard way that my car doors lock if the keys are out of the ignition and you shut the doors.”
Had that happen to me off the interstate out in the desert when I stopped to water the cactus. Engine was running and I was locked out. Cold so all windows were up.
Used a rock to bash in a rear window (rental thunderbird).
Told the rental desk a truck picked up the rock and hit the window.
When I was 8 years old, I remember sitting on those seat belts one hot Alabama summer afternoon. I got 2nd burns from them.
It gets real hot in a car in the South in August!
I wouldn’t own a car that uses keys. They’re a relic of a bygone era. I keep my fob in my fob pocket (formerly known as a watch pocket.) For those who don’t carry their fob on their person and forget it in their vehicle, attempting to lock the door will result in the driver’s door remaining unlocked and a warning chime sounding. Battery dies? No problem. You should have replaced it when you got the low battery warning on the DIC. But still, pull out the key from the fob and use the alternate procedure to start your vehicle. It never ceases to amaze me that there are people who refuse to adapt to new technology.
Ain’t that the truth.
Yes, side glass is tempered to crumble. Windshields are 2 pieces of glass with a kind of clear plastic sandwiched between them. I think that is supposed to keep you from flying out of the car if you hit someone. I used to work in a glass shop.
Plus you have the natural and immediate recognition of the immense value of a helpless human life.
Serves you right, cactus hugger! LOL
“Used a rock to bash in a rear window (rental thunderbird).
Told the rental desk a truck picked up the rock and hit the window.”
The number of people who have explained the cracked window in a vehicle on a passing semi or gravel truck is probably in the millions. Meanwhile the true reasons for the cracked or busted out window is probably in the hundreds and varies quite a bit. Many of those reasons involve wine, women, and song (or thirsty cacti).
The parent is NOT an idiot! 🙄 It was an accident. The child was rescued right away.
We do not have kids, but we discovered that our car LOCKS ITSELF if we step away too long. My husband was locked out.
) crawled in and handed the baby out to him
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May have been easier to unlock the door...
They’re in the mall playing video games and eating pizza.
Well said.
They didn’t leave the baby and go away. The locked the keys in the car.
“Lock the idiot parent in a hot vehicle tomorrow and see if they ever forget their child again.”
Can anyone read in this thread?
Astonishing isn’t it. ?
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This happened to me with my first born. I was wrangling the car seat, the groceries, my pocketbook, and my keys. I laid the keys down to secure the car seat, put in the groceries, my pocketbook, and shut the door. Got to the other side and realized the keys, my phone, but most importantly, my baby boy were locked in the car.
About lost my dang mind. I immediately started screaming for help and begging for a crowbar. People came running. A man called the fire department; thankfully, the fire department was just two minutes away and they were able to jack the lock without breaking the window. Another man brought over his crowbar just in case. A woman prayed over my son and me.
I was lucky. It was autumn and cool outside.
As the fireman checked out my little guy, I hugged and thanked all of the people who came to help, weeping tears of relief. They all got to see him and love on him. He was still just a baby, only a few months old, and cute enough to be in commercials. Plump limbs, pink cheeks, bright blue eyes, tufts of light blond hair, he was a charmer who had everyone smiling.
Those 10 minutes took a good 5 years off my life. I thought seriously about what I would do if ever confronted with a similar situation with no help nearby and engrained the instructions in my mind; climb on the hood and kick out the windsheild.
As a new parent, you only make that mistake once. I had an OCD response from that point forward.
I’m cutting this parent some slack. Like me, they instantly recognized what happened and acted to save their child. The ones that completely forget about their kids and let them die...that I could never understand.
You beat me to it
I always keep one in my wallet. Now if I can remember to bring my wallet…
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