I don’t know the stats for how many infants and pets die each year trapped in hot cars, but whatever those numbers are, they’re too high. On a far less important note, it’s annoying to get into a steaming car and being uncomfortable until the A/C kicks in. I’m wondering why there’s not a technical solution for this, perhaps a solar-powered refrigeration device… solar power hasn’t shown a lot of promise for actually powering cars, but for something smaller like this, maybe it could cut it? The key would be to make it foolproof; it has to be something that comes on automatically whenever a sensor indicates a given temperature has been reached. (If it required someone to remember to do something, then it doesn’t really help people who forgot that their pet/kid was in the car.)

Anyway, I hope that car manufacturers consider something like this, while they’re generally in re-tooling/re-thinking mode. (And not knowing anyone in the industry, this is the best place I can think of mentioning it!)

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