There are two types of risks being discussed here and I see some equivocation. The first category are risks do to potential accident or condition of environment like a baking hot day or mechanical failure. The other and far mor heinous are those situations which ATTRACT human vermin who would perpetrate crimes aggainst our children and this was the original thrust of my argument. Negate these type risks as the horror to the child is almost unthinkable and if the child should survive they will be severely damaged for the rest of their lives. It, to me, is simply unthinkable to not do all you can to minimize or eliminate this sort of risk.

I think the equivocation comes in at the point where leaving the child alone, especially in a parked car simultaneously exposes them to both types of risk.