Parking lot

The only thing I would add (as a former firefighter EMT) is to consider the path of the glass as you break it. You don't want to be sending fragments into the face of the child your are trying to assisit.

Child in the front seat use a back window visa versa etc.........

The side windows are the choice for sure, a sharp object struck in a lower corner will spider web the glass intact which can be pushed in genlty, making a fist sized opening and the remainder can be pulled out toward you.
Much safer for any occupant of the vehicle.

There are common tools that will accomplish this (of which I will not list publically) if you are on close terms with a FF or LEO they will know. They can decide to tell you or not. I'm just not going post publicly methods of silently taking out automotive side glass...........sorry

A blunt object to the glass will send fragments all over the inside of the vehicle.

I understand that you may not always have a tool available to accomplish the above and at that time you'll just have to do your best.

laters,

gr

I agree, bust the window. While your at it, look for those "Baby on Board" signs in other car windows. Don't look for a child, just break the windows! Hurry, a childs safety is at stake. There may even be 40-50 cars with the "Baby on Board signs", so get busy! We can't even afford to loose one child.

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-Electric Armadillo-

While we're on the subject of child endangerment, what about the adults that leave the car running? As soon as the adult is out of sight, the kids start playing and jumping from seat to seat. It only takes a moment to bump that shift lever.....

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johnnyb
A slow hit beats a fast miss

Deafdog,
But what if I'm eating a hamburger and wearing leather shoes when I spot the panting pooch? You are entitled to your opinion, but there is no way that the life and welfare of an animal can or ought be equated with that of a human. Call it in? Sure. Take direct action? Not me.

I like most animals...some as pets, some as fauna, some medium rare and others slathered in barbeque sauce or battered and deep-fried.
My Dad and my father-in-law are still alive because of heart bypass surgery. Much of the research on this procedure was done on dogs. I am pleased and grateful that human lives were more highly valued than canine lives in this endeavor.

I'm not suggesting that you ascribe to the radical and insane "a boy is a dog is a pig is a rat" philosophy of the lunatic animal "rights" fringe. I'm just staking out my position as clearly as I can.

We can both agree that neglect and cruelty are bad things. We should care for our pets properly and attempt to kill cleanly when hunting.

Rosco

Hot day, hot car, hot child inside? That sounds like an emergency to me. How many of you would find witnesses before performing CPR, the heimlich, or similar emergency.

One of the dumbest announcement I ever heard was in a grocery store where some 'concerned' citizen had the manager announce that a child was locked in a hot car and did not appear to be conscious. So the concerned citizen took the time to assess the situation, memorize the make, model, color, and license, and had an announcement similar to what you would do if the lights were left on.

I think people fail to see the danger, but a hot car will kill just like a car on fire, only there are no visible flames. If a kid is in a hot car, locked in, and unresponsive, now it NOT the time to have the manager make an announcement in the store.

By the way, johnnybravo, in Texas you can recieve a ticket for leaving keys in a car that is running. The don't issue them very often from what I can see. Here in North Texas, even the cops sometimes leave the car on so the AC can run while they are in getting a Slurpee.