On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:04 AM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Most of my writing is, well, frivolous. Not this time. Kids are dying in cars > at an unprecedented rate. As unbelievable as it sounds, those deaths are > often caused by a simple memory lapse. The Times asked me to look into it. > The article appears in tomorrow's paper, and it's up on the web now. > > Our own Ken Waller served as a very valuable resource, and he's quoted in the > article. You'll find it here: > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/automobiles/30HEAT.html?pagewanted=1&ref=automobiles
You summed up your article beautifully, Paul: “If we leave the headlights on or keys in the ignition, we get a buzz,” she said. “Somehow we have decided that it’s more important not to have a dead car battery than a dead baby.” As a parent of three now-grown children, it seems inconceivable to me that anyone could "forget" an infant in a car (we had our baby seat in the back seat back then, too). That's nothing short of criminal negligence. But for those times they are "forgotten", if a sensor is available, it should be there. One dead innocent child is too many. Great article. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
