<p>I, too, can see it happening and the punishment has already been dealt. I know that we have left two of our kids places and driven away,(two separate occasions) and not noticing their absence until later. Nothing bad happened to them. </p>
<p>There is a movie (I think “Raising Arizona”) where someone keeps putting the baby in a seat on the top of the car, and drives off forgetting he was there. That was a nightmare that my H would have, as he has a habit of putting things up there and once left his briefcase in that position. My brother left a basket of clothes he intended to put in the back of a car and strewed them all over San Francisco as he drove around. My H could too easily see himself doing that and always took special care when we had a little one in those removable car seats.</p>
<p>I know someone who left a kid in the car after car pooling one morning. Kid fell asleep and he thought every left the van and headed on to work. As part of the procedure, bus drivers are required to check their buses at the end of the day at the motor pool. Many a time, a kid has been left on a bus who fell asleep and missed his stop. It is something that can happen to easily.</p>