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Originally Posted by GGG
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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I don't have kids, but my personal policy is going to be to bring him/her/them in with me, unless my wife will be in the car with them.
The toddler can easily unlock the door and get out of the car, or even move up to the front seat. Sure, he won't have the keys. But it's not hard to move the gear lever. A toddler with half a brain who's watched mommy and daddy drive can put a car into Neutral without much of an issue. Kids are smarter than you think. I personally used to take great interest in watching my parents drive when I was little.
So you can see the car? That's nice. You'll have a front-row seat view of your car rolling out of it's parking space when your 4-year-old puts the car in Neutral because "he saw Daddy do it" all the time. Then, your car hits a passing SUV, and your 4-year-old, who is not wearing the seatbelt, hits his head on the steering wheel or the windshield. Or the more likely scenario, he gets out of the car and wanders off, or god forbid, gets hit by another driver. You've now got an injured or missing child, a police officer who wants to have a chat, a damaged vehicle, and worst of all, an angry wife.
/rant