Dumass car makers!!

But it's not "a mistake"--it's a series of them, in this case. And they're not "split-second" descisions, either. The parents made at least two really stupid choices 1) Leave the keys in the ignition in the "On" or "Acc" position, and 2) leave the child in the car, unsupervised, and evidently unrestrained.

Beyond the danger of the kid getting caught in the window, that parent has made it really easy for someone to hop in the car, and take off, with their kid still inside (or for that matter, to just grab the kid and run)

This isnt meant to be hyperbole, but at what point have the auto makers made a reasonable effort to engineer their products for safety, and at what point is it the responsibility of the driver to have two functioning brain cells they can rub together? If we designed passenger cars like NASCAR stock cars, and required everyone riding in the car to wear full-face helmets with the HANS device, five-point safety harnesses, and fire-resistant clothing, there would probably be very few traffic fatalities (excluding pedestrians and bicyclists who get hit by cars). The reason we don't is that it would be prohibitively expensive, and the brutal reality is that we make those kinds of safety/cost tradeoffs all the time

But the operator of any product has to take a reasonable amount of care. If you're using a power saw, it's your responsibility to make sure your fingers aren't in the way.

take care, Scott Modless Wonder #8

Bullet proof glass would be a nice option, maybe we should force that also.

Happy modeming, Bill

AMEN!!! That's what I keep trying to say, WHERE ARE THE PARENTS??? On the cell phone, the PDA, or the Notebook...Attentive parents are the fix, not the unnecessary, klunky and expensive 'safety features'