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Re: Forgetting a Child in a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime? (2009)

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Post by nervousvarun » Tue, Aug 01, 2017, 12:13 PM UTC

jnordwick wrote: post #148

nervousvarun wrote: post #41

As others have said this is a problem that in 2017 should already be solved by technology. But in the event you don't have access to a technological solution try this: If you have an infant in your car get in the habit of taking your shoes off and putting them next to the baby when you drive. When you reach your destination you might forget the infant...but you won't forget your shoes. Edit: My dad (who was an absent…

Why would you not correct your original statement instead of putting it in an edit footnote? Some people may not read that far and you are giving bad info.

Was on mobile and it was easier to just append to the end of the original post.

Can you be specific on what exactly is the "bad info" in my post?

Re: Forgetting a Child in a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime? (2009)

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Post by michaelmrose » Tue, Aug 01, 2017, 11:03 PM UTC

dheera wrote: post #198

michaelmrose wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A car that calls the police on its owner seems like a non starter. I would be worried that it would erroneously call the cops on me and not purchase it. If you mandated it I would do my best to see the people that voted for it out of office as soon as possible. What you are discussing seems complicated, error prone, and expensive. My kid is an adult. I don't want your half assed system calling the cops to save my pac…

I'd face a big fine any day over the death of another person that I caused inadvertently. The former sucks, but I'd get over it. The latter would wreck my life forever if it happened. In any case, my suggestion was to call the owner first. They would have several minutes to respond. Or the product could only do that, and forget about the police part, which would also save lots of lives. Or instead of calling the poli…

Its still an expensive feature that would get more expensive the smaller the number of units involved. Nobody would voluntarily pay for it especially those stupid enough to leave their kids in hot cars. Especially since in at least a portion of those cases the parents meant to leave the kid in the car they just didn't intend to do it for such a long time or didn't realize they would die from it.

Re: Forgetting a Child in a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime? (2009)

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Post by jMyles » Wed, Aug 02, 2017, 1:15 AM UTC

jdmichal wrote: post #138

jMyles wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 75 F is not safe. Neither is 65 F. OK, I'll bite. What are you talking about?

Cars are ovens. The article cites a car reaching 110°F on a day in the 60's: > The high temperature that day was only in the 60s, but the biometrics and thermodynamics of babies and cars combine mercilessly: Young children have lousy thermostats, and heat builds quickly in a closed vehicle in the sun. The temperature in Balfour's car that day topped 110 degrees.

So, a better way to say this is that 75F may not be safe. But it also may be. It's possible that the air in a car on a 75 degree day will in fact be 75 degrees.

Re: Forgetting a Child in a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime? (2009)

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Post by dang » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 10:30 PM UTC

celticninja wrote: post #45

Yes, someone who can think like this is probably going g to be a better parent than say these two [0] who probably never intended to get pregnant and likely have never considered the well being of their child and are hoping that welfare payments will keep them in weed and cigarettes. [0] https://i.redd.it/3r7vn6uyemcz.jpg

This was such a vile comment that we'll ban you if you post anything like it again.

If you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; otherwise please don't comment until you do.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14887526 and marked it off-topic.