Backseat babies

Two more children died because a parent forgot they were in the car.

All the ways they suggest people prevent this, leave one shoe in the back seat, etc. are not really going to work, because most people don't believe they could ever forget their child and it is too much trouble to take off shoes every time. It is the time you are in a rush and too busy that it is most likely to happen.

We need something like the seatbelt reminders. Something that cannot be ignored.

Perhaps an alarm that goes off when you open the front door if there is weight in the back seat. Then your driver door would lock open until you opened the back door.

It would be a bit of a hassle, but people would adapt and maybe one more child would not be baked alive in his parent's car.