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So what happens in winter when I go turn my car on thirty minutes before I leave to make sure it's nice and warm?

• PhasmaFelis 8y ago
  Could be a special switch on the fob for that. Could beep every five minutes to remind you. Lots of ways to handle it that would save lives at the cost of only minimal inconvenience.
  • kss238 8y ago
    How is beeping every five minutes any different than what cars do currently? Cars with push to start are already required to beep when the key is taken out of the car. If you add a special switch, that increases costs. Why should car buyers bear extra expenses for less than 100 deaths a year? Should we require special bathtub sensors that beep when they detects still water because hundreds of people drown in bathtubs each year?
    • PhasmaFelis 8y ago
      > How is beeping every five minutes any different than what cars do currently? Would've saved this guy's life. That's different. > If you add a special switch, that increases costs. Why should car buyers bear extra expenses for less than 100 deaths a year? How much do you think a switch costs? If you told me that, for less than a dollar, I could save 50 lives, I'd do it in an instant. It's weird to me that you wouldn't.
• IshKebab 8y ago
  30 minutes seems a little extreme. I guess it would sensibly turn itself off. If you really want that you could have a special "warming" mode.