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> From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Sliding Rear Window: Yes or No?
> Date: Friday, September 19, 1997 3:01 AM
>
> At 02:50 AM 9/19/97 -0400, Dick Campagna wrote:
> >Thanks for the info, but be aware that placing anyone . . . human or
animal
> >. . . in the bed can invite problems due to carbon monoxide. In one
> >particular case, parents went to take their children out of the bed when
> >they arrived at their destination, but the children were dead (from CO
> >poisoning).
> >
>
> You wouldn't happen to know the specifics of that case, would you?
> I wonder if the children were in the truck while it was idling? I
> should think that a truck moving at any speed over a crawl would have
> sufficient airflow to blow the fumes away... Its definitely something to
> think about though! (Especially if you've got a cap.)
>
> Also, speaking of putting humans in the bed of a truck (as the above
> parents did), this is illegal in New York state, and probably some
> others too, I would suspect. (Lack of proper restraint systems, I think
> is the rationale there.)
>
>
>
> -Jon-
Jon - The truck was not idling; the parents had driven from point A to
point B, and when they got there, the children were dead. I also read a
newspaper article years ago that told of some children dying in the back of
a station wagon because mom and dad left the tailgate window open while
driving. I know that, planning for the use of a camper on the bed, years
ago some manufacturers would equip their *Camper Special* trucks with a
different tailpipe location to prevent this type of problem.
Por Favore, Non Mi Rompere i Coglioni. Grazie!
Dick C.
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