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Nice Planet XII: It's Cruel to be Kind!

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SJHovey said:
To be honest, I'm surprised that between automakers and manufacturers of baby seats that they haven't figured out a way to make your car horn sound an alarm if you haven't unsnapped the kid from the seat. They can make the horn sound if I leave my keys in the car. Why can't they make it go off if I stop the car, open the door, and don't unsnap the buckle that holds the kid in?

By the way, if any of you clowns invent such a device and make millions off of it, I think common courtesy requires that you at least pass along a little spiff to moi.
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If you read the Washington Post story I posted a few posts back, some NASA engineers invented just such an alarm after this happened to one of them.

It didn't sell because most people think they could never do this and because of liability concerns (if you have the alarm but it doesn't work, you could get sued).
 
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unofan said:
If you read the Washington Post story I posted a few posts back, some NASA engineers invented just such an alarm after this happened to one of them.

It didn't sell because most people think they could never do this and because of liability concerns (if you have the alarm but it doesn't work, you could get sued).
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Couldn't you build a modular rear seat that converts into a child seat, and then build it right into the seat belt, rather than using some portable car seat? After all, vehicles are already equipped to stow away rear seats, so why not create a little modularity? Or is the government going to whine they don't get their car seat inspection money, or the seat manufacturer's lobby to include an expiration date in order to get more profits?
 
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unofan said:
If you read the Washington Post story I posted a few posts back, some NASA engineers invented just such an alarm after this happened to one of them.

It didn't sell because most people think they could never do this and because of liability concerns (if you have the alarm but it doesn't work, you could get sued).
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I didn't see that story. Interesting. To me it seems like a simple solution. If it's important enough to beep whenever we leave our keys in the car, you'd think leaving a kid in the car would be equally important.

With respect to liability concerns, I would think the opposite. Seems to me a safe design of a car seat/car would almost require such a device. Oh well, there goes my get rich quick scheme.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Sad thing is, I know freedom riders that bus to states just to try to get it legal. Paid protesters is what they are. You'd think people would have better things to do with their lives, and that's on both sides...
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circa USCHO 1960.
 
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Flagdude08 said:
Sad thing is, I know women who marched in Washington just to try to get it legal. Paid protesters is what they are. You'd think people would have better things to do with their lives, and that's on both sides...
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USCHO circa 1913.
 
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Active shooter at 15th and Wynkoop in Denver. Details still coming in.

Building is known to house several left-leaning nonprofit groups.

ETA: Area secure. Can't confirm if shooter apprehended.

ETA 2: Suspect is dead. Murder-suicide.
 
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