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If you have children (and your vehicle has this feature) make sure you have the back seat reminder turned on. We all have temporary lapses that usually have little consequence, and this could literally save a life
for me, i always put my work bag in the back seat for this reason. I would have to open the back door to get it out. Never happened but it was a concern and i completely have a tendancy to be on autopilot in the mornings.
If your car doesn't have this, you can put one of the shoes you're wearing in the back seat with the child... You will not walk away with one shoe.
The thing is, each day with a child in your care there's an infinite number of low chance / high consequence "risks" you need to navigate.
If you tried to mitigate all of them, you'd spend all day observing these weird "one shoe" type rituals, which isn't much of a life for you or the child.
We certainly need to be responsible parents, but in doing so we balance risk mitigation against simply living our best life.
So there is a feature that is put in a vehicle so people remember that their kids are in the vehicle with them?
What the actual fuck?
Being a new parent while also having to work 40+ hours a week is draining and turns you into a zombie.
Year, the 40+ part is the problem here,or the need to work such hours as a new parent. The Feature freaks people out, rightfully because the underlying issue is so absurd.
Child seats are supposed to face backwards and kids often fall asleep in the car so if you get distracted and thrown off your normal routine, it is extremely easy to not notice they are there especially if you are sleep deprived. So yes, there is a feature in newer cars that can alert you that there is extra weight or movement in the back seat.
Exactly. Mine is triggered by opening the back door; if the back door was opened before the drive, it'll remind you at the end of the drive.
Killing your child being considered a "temporary lapse" ...💀
You don't think consequences can come from a temporary memory lapse? Please explain?
It seems that my meaning was misunderstood. The term "temporary memory lapse" sounds like it's downplaying the severity of the consequences ( to me anyway) and putting it on par with, "Sorry I didn't call you on your birthday, I totally forgot." "Oh shoot, I left the ice cream in the car and it melted."
That's the scary thing about when this happens though, the memory lapse is the same it's just the consequences are much much higher. You might not normally drop your kid off at daycare so just drive to work on "autopilot", it's a rear-facing carseat and they are asleep so nothing snaps you out of your routine until hours later.
Read the accounts of the parents who this has happened to, it's eye-opening. Don't think you'll just remember. Don't leave it up to that.