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[quote=Anonymous]The neuroscience is pretty much indisputable for how this can happen and how very good, loving parents and guardians can actually forget a child is in the car.

Then there are cases like that doctor's husband out in Arizona who left his baby girl in the car intentionally so he could play video games and not have to be troubled with her, and those cases create a large obstacle for many people to realize that many cases are in fact entirely unintentional.

A very good documentary on this subject on Prime called Death of a Child; for any of you interested in hot car child deaths I cannot recommend it highly enough, it's a fair handling of the subject.

I purchased a '25 Toyota a few months ago and am loving all the incredible safety features. I don't have children or grandchildren, but I do have a little collie dog who goes to work with me every day and accompanies me on most errands and adventures.

During cooler months I will occasionally leave her sitting in the vehicle while I run into the drugstore or post office or whatever - windows open unless very cold/rainy out. The Toyota immediately tells me on screen in front of steering wheel to CHECK THE BACK SEAT when I've shut off the car. If I leave her in the car and walk away, the car beeps at me pretty insistently and repeatedly. The car then sends repeated messages to my cell phone telling me to check the back seat.

This is excellent tech and should be (maybe is?) mandatory on all new vehicles at this point. Folks with older vehicles need to put their handbag or wallet in the baby seat with the baby, or some other strategy that prevents them from forgetting a quiet child in the backseat.[/quote]

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