> No kids would die by being forgotten in a public transport.
That is a bold assertion. I have certainly been the only human on public transportation at times.
You are intentionally narrowing your argument to "forgotten in personal vehicle" so you can say that personal vehicles are bad. That does not seem profound. Moving entirely to public transportation would eliminate that precise risk while introducing others. And the net result may actually be more deaths. Keep in mind how rare children dying in cars is today.
It feels like you are looking for an argument that I am not making.
> I have certainly been the only human on public transportation at times.
Their are always a driver of a vehicle, or other passengers coming in less than an hour or so...
> Moving entirely to public transportation would eliminate that precise risk while introducing others
I never imply to move entirely to public transportation. The best solution is multi-modal transportation.
> Keep in mind how rare children dying in cars is today.
This is an argument I despise, specially related to cars... Any death is bad, and should be avoided, whatever how!
A simple example, in the USA, is the whole wave of rules, laws, etc. after the attach of 9/11.
Less than 3000 died[1] because of it. That's equal to only one month of road death in 2020 or 2021[2].
That is a bold assertion. I have certainly been the only human on public transportation at times.
You are intentionally narrowing your argument to "forgotten in personal vehicle" so you can say that personal vehicles are bad. That does not seem profound. Moving entirely to public transportation would eliminate that precise risk while introducing others. And the net result may actually be more deaths. Keep in mind how rare children dying in cars is today.