maxine wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>> And her excuse: "I have
>>> children in the car!" I was thinking of the wonderful
>>> example she set for those children....
>
> I'll go you one better. At the TJ's recently, I pull into a space,
> and see the lady who cut me off turning into the lot pulling into the
> handicapped space, jump out of her car and run into the store.
>
> Being nosy, I walked around her car, saw no handicapped insignia
> displayed, but 3 children from infant to toddler, in the car.
>
> Being mildly irritated, I went over to the manager's desk as I entered
> the store and mentioned that there were three kids in a car in the
> handicap space, and the driver had just come in through the door.
>
> By the time I left, the police were there....
>
> maxine in ri
I, too, have reported people for leaving their little ones in the car
while they go in to shop. Generally the police will be there very
quickly. I usually just dial 911 and even tell them who I am.

Every year here I read in the paper or hear on TV where a child has died
from being left in a closed up vehicle in the heat of summer. The last
one was an infant, too small to try to get out on her on. The mother was
tried and convicted for the death. As a parent and grandparent I have
difficulty imagining anyone would leave their child somewhere where it
is dangerous but it happens every day in this country.