One presumes they did not walk to the car, to go sit in it; no, they got in the car, travelled some distance, and then were left in the car. The act of driving

One presumes they did not walk to the car, to go sit in it; no, they got in the car, travelled some distance, and then were left in the car. The act of driving them is many orders of magnitude more dangerous than the risk of sitting briefly in the car. Driving is by far the most dangerous thing you regularly do. All else pales by comparison.