Talk:Autopilot/@comment-27131953-20160218224408/@comment-29269864-20160724170848

Some day you're going to have to introduce me to these body-building four year olds you hang out with that have given you the impression that an average nursery-level kid would be capable of busting through a car window with nothing but her hands (not to mention the fact that even if that were possible, the narrator comments that she must have fallen asleep during the journey so the chances are she died in her sleep without ever having a chance to do anything).

Also, in a level of heat where tarmac is bubbling and window frames are bending being trapped inside a glorified metal box with no air circulation for nine hours would most definitely be fatal; hence the warnings that go around every summer about Not Leaving Your Dog in the Car On a Hot Day Because It Will Make Them Dead. People (especially fragile people like children and the old) are pretty suseptible to heat even under normal circumstances.

Autopilot might not be the technical name for it but it's most definitely a thing we all do - otherwise, as pointed out in this very story, why would we ever do dumb stuff like forgetting phones and keys when we know we'll need them?