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I heard this story on the local news, another tragedy of a child left in the car dying. But this isn't the usual stories you hear about children dying in the car from the heat from the windows being rolled up, this is about the child dying in the car due to rolling up the windows.
A two-year-old Laurens County boy has died after accidentally getting his neck stuck in a truck window, according to the Oconee County Coroner’s Office.
When looking up this story to post I came across a very similar story that recently happened elsewhere:
A 2-year-old Indiana boy died one week after getting his neck stuck in the automatic window of a car at his family's farm.
These children were the same age!
For the love of G-d, people, please stop leaving your children in the car unattended! Things happen, can happen, and do happen in a split second and there can be a truly tragic ending to this decision.
In this holiday season of madness where people are so obsessed with gift buying enough to mow down people to get the next great toy for their kids, please remember those kids you are trying to buy for... please, just remember those kids.
That is scary. And I hate automatic windows in cars. Seems to be no real need for them. Things like this didn't happen 30 years ago in cars.
Both cars I've owned have a lock switch that enables the driver to be the only one who can raise or lower the windows, disenagaging the window switches on the other three doors.
My father had a relative who died in a car crash when he tried leaning across the seat to roll up the passenger side front window when it started to rain and ended up steering the car right off the road. This was back long before automatic windows were even optional features in cars.
There are pros and cons. I have a switch on the drivers side where I can control all of the windows. I sometimes lock those so the dog doesn't accidentally open the window.
Things like this didn't happen 30 years ago in cars.
They certainly did.
I remember seeing a "MAD" magazine article from the late '50's, when cars had tail fins, about "Modern Auto Injuries". The article mentioned the "Tailfin Gore", "Slant-Fender Slash", "Dagmar Dislocation", and "Power-Window Strangulation".
Changes in the way the actuating controls work have reduced the number of injuries caused by power windows, but I doubt that such injuries will ever be completely eliminated.
Doesn't the window have a bounce back feature and aren't children this young supposed to be placed in special seats anytime they are placed in a vehicle?
I recently got my finger caught in a car window. (Driver rolled it up not realizing my finger was there.) Was really uncomfortable until I had the presence of mind to push the switch to get it down. It left a temporary dent.
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