Is this a safe practise..

HarryM1BYT · 7th June 2016, 16:12

Car, with engine running and a girl of around 7 or 8 alone in the car in the front passenger seat?

Car was near the far end of the car park, from the supermarket - quite a distance. As I made my way on foot through the length of the car park, I met an adult who it seemed might be the owner, so I said 'is that your car' - 'yes, why?'. I replied 'you seem to have left the engine running'. It seemed quite irate that I had pointed out the obvious to him and then replied - 'she is hot, its to keep the a/c on for her, but its OK its locked.

Kids being kids, supposing she had knocked it into gear? Supposing it had caught fire and she was locked in?

I would never have left any kids in a car, engine running or not, nor even left the keys in.

The law says its illegal to leave any vehicle with its engine running unless the driver is in attendance.

7th June 2016, 16:12	#1
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