# Should hot car deaths be criminally prosecuted?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hot-car-deaths-be-criminally-prosecuted/763348>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hot-car-deaths-be-criminally-prosecuted/763348 "2016-08-19T21:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hot-car-deaths-be-criminally-prosecuted/763348/142 "2016-08-22T14:28:06Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> Agreement. I’ve driven around with my computer in the back seat of my car, and you can be darn sure I never forgot it and left it!

Really? Maybe you just forgot that you’ve forgotten previously. By your own admission your memory is terrible:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18407038&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18407038&postcount=10)

> [@Anyone want to talk about Fables?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-talk-about-fables/721251/10):
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> You are very likely correct; my memory is terrible these days.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17397904&postcount=29](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17397904&postcount=29)

> [@Do you ever just go stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-just-go-stupid/688998/29):
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> I’m sitting here participating in SDMB discussions…and blew right through a dentist’s appointment. Just pure forgot.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19482703&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19482703&postcount=10)

> [@Abilities you seem tto have suddenly lost.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abilities-you-seem-tto-have-suddenly-lost/760064/10):
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> My speaking vocabulary is suffering terribly as I get older. I’ll know there’s a word I want, but it just won’t come to me.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19383360&postcount=4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19383360&postcount=4)

> [@Help for chronically misplacing things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-chronically-misplacing-things/756639/4):
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> I used to grab my chattels and go out the door…until the day I left my keys behind. Now, I consciously observe myself putting my keys in my pocket. It’s become a kind of mental ritual. I must clearly visualize the action before I allow myself to be satisfied and head out the door.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19289509&postcount=120](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19289509&postcount=120)  
Dunning-Kruger anyone?

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