Well, they're working on it...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-tech...s-in-hot-cars/
Well, they're working on it...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-tech...s-in-hot-cars/
http://wgntv.com/2014/06/24/boy-crea...t-in-hot-cars/
a kid created something a few years ago with rubberbands and duct tape, there was a site for it but it doesn't work. also there's apps for it.
Thumbs up there. I think having the car have an actual sensor is the way to go. People forget to set their own sensors or are in a hurry or like the article said, will forget to give the fob to someone else. If they found a way to get a car seat and the actual car to communicate, then it would be best. That way the room for error is less, let's say only when they use the car seat in an unfamiliar car.
I'm just glad they're doing SOMETHING though.
and apparently there's this
https://www.babyalert.info/childmind...m-valupak.html $60
anyone can make this mistake. parents are almost always sleep deprived, as you pointed out. i could totally see myself doing this, and as a result will always be super paranoid about it.
and like greens pointed out, with a rear facing seat this would be super easy. i feel awful for this mother, i hope she has a great support system. this shit is heartbreaking.
My youngest is in a rear facing seat now. It's so big and tall, that I can't even see into it unless I twist back in my seat and pull it down towards me, (which I prob do at least three times on my drive to work, after I drop her off in the mornings). It's not that I think I've forgotten her back there- I KNOW I've dropped her off. But, I am so anxious that the ONE DAY I don't look back there...
Life gets busy, and people make mistakes. Leaving my phone or something back there is a wonderful idea that I may begin doing tomorrow.
Rest in peace little one.
I also want to add, in my mind, it wasn't even like she was forgotten... I always immediately move her from car to my bed when we get home late at night. Yes, MY bed, I am very much into attachment parenting and also PARANOID about everything when it comes to my kids, which makes it even crazier that I, of all people, left my baby in the car. My brain just shorted out or something, and I didn't remember NOT bringing her in first. In my mind, she was asleep in the bed. It wasn't until I actually thought about needing to clear the crap off the counter that I had brought in from the car that I realized I hadn't brought her in. It's just like they say in these cases -- when you have a routine and you always do something a certain way, but then some little thing changes, you don't automatically realize you didn't do what you normally do. It's weird and hard to describe.
I just cringe when I read nasty comments about the parents online, because I KNOW it is possible for a loving, devoted parent to do this. Even a parent who does everything the right way.
Well.....
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28214266The numbers in northern Europe appear to be proportionally lower than in the US, but that's hardly surprising given the cooler climate than the southern US states. Between 2007-2009, there were 26 cases of heatstroke in France and Belgium, including seven fatalities, according to Child Safety Europe. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents could recall no cases in the UK.
ETA: As the article says, it can't be compared to Europe because they have a colder climate. I'd like to see Australia's numbers. The hotter climates would be South America, Africa and the Middle East. I'm not sure they keep track as keenly.
The car seat is an external accessory so I would not expect a car company to design technology for stuff like that. If the car seat were built in, they would likely have the technology already.
There actually IS technology that has been created for this purpose.... <snip> cause apparently a bunch of other people replied and typed faster than me, and it's repetitive.
What I have heard suggested is people who are planning on having children try to start a habit immediately of checking the back seat every time they get out of the vehicle. That way, no matter how distracted you are, you are more likely to do it instinctively/from motor memory in the future.
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I regularly put my purse in the backseat for this very reason. So heartbreaking.
I leave my phone in the car like once a week. Any kids I have are doomed.
"Over the past three years in Australia, there have been seven deaths caused by leaving a child in a hot car ? and in every case, the parent responsible was unaware of what they had done until it was too late."
http://www.mamamia.com.au/they-forgo...to-ask-is-how/
what i found more shocking was that on average during summer in NSW, they have 75 calls a day about children locked or forgotten about in cars.
I do see how it can happen. When i was little mum thought dad had taken me out ,and dad thought mum had me. They both left the house separately. Only when they met up for lunch did they realise what they had done.
Luckily it had only been an hour or so and i was still all ready to go strapped in my capsule by the front door.
I was only a mnth old and i NEVER slept. My parents were awesome, i put it down to not being in a routine, having a baby your not used to having and sleep deprivation.
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