Why are so many kids trapped in hot cars every summer?

Every year in Australia, over 5,000 children are rescued after being left unattended in a car (Kidsafe).

Last Saturday in Western Sydney, a dad left his kid in the car when the temperature was around 40 degrees.

 

Statistics like these are alarming, but could a situation like this ever happen to you?

Producers:

• Joanna Cabot

Speakers:

• Departments of Psychology
• Forensic Pathologist of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
• Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida
• Professor David Diamond
• Professor David Ronsan