Sad Hummer Story today in So Ca.

[waikikiTed]

Sitting in the hotel here this evening a news story comes on about:

"Man runs over and kills his 19 month old son with his hummer". That alone is depressing because most of us with these cars are men, most likely have families. AND..... I know my little guy is23 months old, loves cars, and will stare at the cars in the driveway cuz he wants nothing more to go sit and play in them. Well, he sees dada leaving for a business trip again, and could very likely run outside to say by one more time, or sneak a ride in.

So where the tear left my eye was when i realized that could have been any of our suns...............and it all happened for a good intention, Little Guy was rushing to his daddy before he left again!! :-(

This dad must be devastasted inside.!!!

And the sad case of the news industry that the brand name of the car was what people will remember of the event, If the same story happend and the guy was driving a Ford Explorer, the headline would have been very differet...... "girl run over by man driving SUV"

[fisherman]

I'm a lot older and have 3 grandkids 3, 5 & 7. One of my fears is just what you described. I have a reminder on my dash that I see every time I sit behind the steering wheel that causes me to pause and check. I notice in neighborhoods with lots of kids, they are very curious and in one case ran out in the road to look at mine while his grandma sat in a chair on the porch helpless. Awareness is the key to safe and fun driving. My heart and prayers like yours, go out to this dad.
The "fisherman"

[lonePalm]

I couldn't even imagine what this father is going through!

[Agriv8r]

have a friend who ran over his son 25 years ago, he is still affected by it...

[mdoyle]

We've got a neighborhood full of kids so I've gotten in the habit of doing a quick walk-around everytime I back out of the drive for this very reason.

The back-up visibility from the driver's seat is pretty much non-existant for anything down low, be careful.

[MDimitri]

Very disheartening...I can only imagine what he is going through.