# Texas toddler dies after mom leaves her in a hot car for 45 minutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 18, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-toddler-dies-after-mom-leaves-her-in-a-hot-car-for-45-minutes/543728 "2010-06-18T23:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 282
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-toddler-dies-after-mom-leaves-her-in-a-hot-car-for-45-minutes/543728/282 "2010-06-22T17:30:45Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > When he says “illegal” now, he means an infraction under a strict liability statute, probably in the Vehicle Code. He’s moved on from murder and criminal negligence to an infraction statute with a fine of something like $100, as referenced in the other thread, because he’s got nothing else to hang his hat on at this point. No, the statutes against leaving babies in cars were the only ones I was ever referring to. I assumed everyone knew that, and that’s why I kept asking them to cite “I forgot” exceptions. It took me a while to figure out that a lot of people had no idea the unattended child statutes existed all by themselves. The level of penalty is irrelevant. I never made a claim about the level of penalty. I just said it was illegal. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-toddler-dies-after-mom-leaves-her-in-a-hot-car-for-45-minutes/543728)._