Free Byte: An Angry, Common Sense Warning To Parents

It's time for another installment of BETHEA'S BYTE: FREE BYTE.  In this edition, I'm angry and I'm angry at so called parents who NEGLIGENTLY have left children in a hot car.  So why am I so angry?  Read this!

CBS News and The Associated Press wrote:PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. --  Florida police say an infant that was left in a parked vehicle Friday has died. The National Weather Service reported that temperatures in the area Friday afternoon were in the mid- to upper-90s.

The parent had come to work and left the 17-month-old boy strapped in the car seat, with the engine turned off and the windows rolled up, authorities told CBS Miami.

Later in the day, about eight hours later, the parent realized what had happened and called 911.

Paramedics performed CPR on the child and rushed him to a nearby hospital, but the toddler had died.

Investigators are not sure if criminal charges will be filed.

The police department is providing services and support to the parents of the toddler.

The investigation continues.

"Leaving children in a car is a year-long hazard, but it is especially dangerous in the summer months when temperatures can soar over 100 degrees. It's only a matter of minutes when the passenger compartment of a car can exceed well over 100 degrees," said Pembroke Pines Police Sgt. Adam Feiner.

Dumb.

DUMB.

DUMB.

DUMB.

DUMB.

DUMB.

Just recently, we have already had a man in Georgia go on trial for leaving his son in a hot car in order to have "extra curricular activities."  This occurred in 2014, and he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in 2016 on the following charges:

• Malice murder
  
• Felony murder
  
• Cruelty to children
  
• Criminal attempt to commit a felony
  
• Dissemination of harmful material to minors
  

Now we have this UI (unidentified idiot) doing the same thing.  How much common sense does it take to remember THIS IS YOUR CHILD!  YOU PUT HIM/HER IN THE BACK OF YOUR CAR!  IT'S SUMMERTIME!  THE WEATHER IS HOT!  WHAT'S HOT OUTSIDE IS HOTTER INSIDE!!!

C'MON PARENTS!  GET IT TOGETHER!  IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOUR CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT OF YOUR CAR, REMEMBER THAT HE OR SHE IS THERE.  ACT LIKE YOU HAVE AT LEAST THAT MUCH COMMON SENSE.  LET ME REMIND YOU ONE MORE TIME. THIS IS SUMMERTIME!  THE WEATHER IS HOT!  IF YOU LEAVE A CHILD IN THE BACK OF YOUR CAR, YOU WILL LIKELY FIND THAT CHILD DEAD BECAUSE WHAT IS HOT OUTSIDE IS HOTTER INSIDE.  USE YOUR HEADS FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN A HAT RACK!

JUST SAYING!!!