[Kizzy]

Idiot... wow, that poor child, at 9 months he must have screamed the car down and nobody heard him?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Idiot... wow, that poor child, at 9 months he must have screamed the car down and nobody heard him?

I've heard some really harrowing accounts of these incidents. In one, a dad had left the car outside work and the car alarm kept going off (movement in the car) for hours, he just kept pointing his key out the window to stop it, thinking it was a fault. Eventually it stopped.

I've also heard accounts with happier endings where passers by have had to smash their way into cars to get children out.

It really is unfathomable how common it is. Consider how many reports of deaths there have been... Then consider that it's only likely to result in a death in extreme circumstances (has to be a very hot day, car has to be left for several hours without the alarm being raised). Then you start to get an idea of how often it actually happens overall...