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[quote=Anonymous]Devices HAVE been designed that can warn of this situation - I've heard of a variety of concepts, but usually they are based on a weight sensor in the car seat combined with some other monitoring of car conditions, plus an alerting system. However, the devices haven't become common because very few people want to buy one - because of the perception that only a neglectful parent could need one. (I don't agree with this, but it's common.) And car dealers/car seat makers aren't going to build these in to their products for the same reason - no one wants to pay extra for something they believe they couldn't possibly need and/or will reflect badly on them. The only way I could see these devices becoming common is if they were mandated, but I doubt that will happen. They would add a not insubstantial cost to each seat, and could actually result in MORE deaths due to parents not buying a seat / re-using very old seats because of the cost of new seats. [/quote]
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