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In reply to the discussion: Baby died after mom left in SUV while at work [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)We've even had at least two DUers come on here and say how they forgot their child, in both cases it didn't end in disaster but it could have.
Not every incidence of memory lapse ends up in tragedy, but some small percentage do.
How often do people driving multi ton vehicles at high velocities forget to pay attention to what they're doing and cause crashes because they're talking on the cell phone?
Given that we are dealing with human beings, perfection is out of the question, the only other thing left is luck.
With kids in the back seat, out of sight of the driver, some small random selection of drivers is going to forget their kid in the car, it's about twenty to thirty per year in the US, people from every walk of life, every race, every class.
Next time you park at work, will you think about this conversation and maybe take a glance in the back seat, just to be absolutely positive?
You might as well say that you'll never get hit by lightning.