It would be easy to do. Pass a law mandating that baby seats of all types be fit with a wire harness socket. All of the seats would have mating sockets. You can't operate the seat (the buckle won't work), unless the seat is plugged in to the socket.
If the key is out of the ignition for more than three minutes with the buckle still in the slot, the windows roll down automatically, and the car's alarm goes off. You can even program the car (in new models) to call your cellphone or pager if that condition exists.
It would be a real enhancement.
To government power you mean?????
Not sure that would work. Most people leave car seats in the car and just take out baby.
Someone seriously should invent a safety device to help solve this tragic problem!
Brilliant. Volvo would be smart to implement such a system and enhance their safest family car image.
You two have really excellent ideas. I strongly urge you to develop them further than just talking about them here. If nothing else, at least submit the ideas to auto and/or baby seat manufacturers.
Interesting idea, but I think you'll find that it's way too expensive. You would need standardization from the car seat manufacturers AND the auto manufacturers, and it would require adding electronics to both devices AND a mechanical interrupt to the buckle on the carseat. It's an interesting idea, but the cost would be prohibitive.