In general, I think there’s far too much hysteria about protecting children these days, but leaving a 2 year old in a hot car with the windows rolled up for 25 minutes is dangerous and could be fatal. Glad someone spotted these kids and got them out.
The kids are just about grown up now and I don't remember the last time I went to MickeyD's or BK.
Way to go dumba$$
There was a K9 unit the cop left in the car and the Dog died in I think down in Charlotte the other day.
It doesn’t take much to get HOT in a car without the windows down or A/C on.
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After one hour, the average car is 43 degrees hotter than the outside temperature. After 90 minutes, the average temperature difference is 48 degrees. On a 90-degree day, that equates to 138 degrees—higher than the hottest outdoor temperature ever recorded on earth.
http://acprocold.com/blog/hot-car-get/
I guess it depends on the time the kids were left in the car. 7 am? Temp 60 degrees not a problem.
12 noon 86 degrees, problem.
Why would he deliberately roll up the windows? Never mind he seemed to be hiding it.
But now, on my soapbox.
Again, this story involves those damn “car seats”.
This is the problem. Dealing with those damn things is a pain, so many would rather leave the kid in the car than get them out and in again, especially for a short visit.
And forcing kids in the BACK seat additionally leads to more people “forgetting” the sleepy kid is in there and they get fried accidentally.
I guarantee this wasn’t much problem in the days before forced subsidizing of Grace and Evenflo.