Summary: There are approximately 38 hot car fatalities every year in the US and so far 3 times as many children have died from being left in a hot car this year compared to last year proclaimed the National Safety Council. The latest tragedy related to this topic occurred this Wednesday in Baton Rouge Louisiana. A 8-month infant was left in the car due to her father forgetting to drop her off at daycare, and forgetting and leaving her in the car while he went to coach a baseball camp. Because of the drastic heat of the car the baby died from hyperthermia or elevated body temperature. Police arrested the father even though the coroner had ruled the death an accident and he was charged with negligent homicide. The National Safety Council Manager Amy Artuso states "This year, it was quite a surprise to have that many deaths by this date, I guess we were optimistic because of the past year."
Analysts/Synthesis: Studies show that the car temperature typically spikes in the first 20 minutes, so I think it would be best to take your children out of the car to take no chances and leave something you need (such as a purse) next to them so you won't forget about them. This event can be synthesized to when a Georgia dad facing charges in 2014 for death of 22-month son in hot car.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/09/us/hot-car-deaths-trnd/index.html
do u think these deaths were based on careless error????
ReplyDeleteThis is both horrible and ridiculous. America, the land of freedom and forgetting family members in your car. Gray's question, above, poses an interesting point. It is possible that some cases of intentional neglect have been lost in the mix. There are many reports of parents attempting to kill a child of theirs, especially when their child has some kind of disability/disorder. This issue is especially present in regards to the parents of children with autism. In cases where these attempts fail, sympathy is often expressed for the parent or parents rather than the child. This is, to put it mildly, atrocious. I seem to have gone on a bit of a tangent here, sorry about that. Anyway, I find it darkly amusing that you recommend leaving "something you need" next to your child to avoid forgetting them in a hot car. In many people's minds, I suppose, purses and phones are likely to have a higher priority in regards to their location than young children.
ReplyDelete-Cal Thompson