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Originally Posted by GGG
This Grinds my Gears. Why do we have to judge other parents in this situation for having a different risk tolerance than ourselves.
The question we need to ask is how many kids die or get kidnapped each year from being left in a car for less than 15 minutes in non-extreme weather? Then that risk needs to be compared with how many injuries are there from slip and falls in parking lots with kids, how many vehicle pedestrian collisions occur with kids, how many kids get kidnapped/lost in malls/stores. Once we have properly assessed the risk then we can pass judgement. All I know is that the risk of harm coming to the child in either situation is ridiculously low. And no doubt order of magnitudes safer than driving to Ikea in the first place.
My own personal policy is that if I can see the car then I will leave the kids in, if I cant then I bring them in. But I shouldn't judge people within reason if they take marginally more or less risk. Especially when we don't know which is safer.
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OK... Let's break it down.
No sign of the parent/parents in a big IKEA parking lot.
Baby in a baby seat with his toddler brother loose to roam around in the vehicle and perhaps get out. When i parked beside him the little boy was poking the baby in the face. What if the child chokes on something, what if the toddler decides to get out of the vehicle ?
I have every reason to judge this guy as a Moron. It is also IKEA policy to call 911 if a vehicle is left with children in it. Which means the obviously take it seriously.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02...airie-alberta/