To leave the children in the locked car when paying for petrol

[Ilovemyself]

I hate to do it but it is a pain to get the twins ( or all 3 when I have them with me which is less often) out, take them in and then get them back
In their car seats.

I don't want to do it but it seems the only thing to do.

It's your own fault ILM. If you drove everywhere at 56mph you wouldn't have to fill up so often or better still, if you traded your car in for a horse and trap, you wouldn't have this dilemma.

(YANBU, btw.)

I think it is safer to leave them in the car rather than walk them over the forecourt. I would be as quick as possible and would watch the car. I would try and choose a garage where I could be quick.

I would (I don't drive) and DH does and I am happy with that, and I err on the over cautious side. I cannot imagine what would happen. What do people worry about?

Walking across the forecourt must be far more dangerous

I always leave my son in the car, he's 14 weeks. This is also a dilemma of mine and i try to get petrol on my own when my partner's at home i'll pop out and fill up then. Occassionally i need to fill up with my son in the car i try and park closest to the kiosk or use pay at the pump. Didnt really think about whether or not to lock the door. I always lock, but reading some replies makes me reconsider this.

It's never crossed my mind to have my little escape artist and her total twit around cars DSIS loose on a petrol forecourt. Unless choosing sweets they stayed firmly locked in the car.

I leave my 2 year old, I think it's safer in the car and just easier. There are always people waiting at our local one so people behind would get pissed off if I stopped to unstrap and slowly walk with a toddler and back again.

I love pay at pump but there's only one at sainsburys which is a bit out of the way.

I stoped locking the car once they were old enough to look for cars if they suddenly wanted to join me in the shop. Mind you DD2 would probably still have forgotten to look.

Yes I leave them in the car.

To do anything other than this is just plain dangerous.

I do not leave my dd if I only have her.

if I have up to three, which I can regularly- it would be impossible. But I try to plan ahead and get petrol when alone or just with dd.

What can I say. Maybe im precious. - but you know what, if somthing did happen, ya know id be flamed for leaving her in there and id also never forgive myself.

Some stupid fcker lit a fag up WHILE he filled his truck up behind mine a few weeks back. Thankfully a staff member literally ran across the forecourt and forced him to put it out.........What if his irresponsible actions caused harm to my daughter while I stood safely inside. ?

I once asked my DH what he did with our DC's when he got petrol and was horrified when he told he left them in the car! This was before I got my driving licence and I'm v embarrassed about it now! Don't know what I expected him to do!?

Leave them in the car fgs. I cannot imagine the faff of getting three babies out of a car and back in again for the sake of a couple of mins.

Btw, 15 month old twins and a 3 month old?

I'm sure it's lovely

ut you know what, if somthing did happen, ya know id be flamed for leaving her in there

I don't think getting her run over on the forecourt would make you feel any better and is far more likely

There are more people looking to steal handbags than children.....

Always leave DD in car. Car is always visible and paying takes a matter of minutes.

i do and often do a little shopping too

I remember being left in the car when we were young. I get slightly twitchy about leaving DD in the car, but I think it's the only way to get in and out quickly. YANBU!

This is getting ridiculous.they are strapped up in a locked and probably alatmed metal box.You are only a few metres away for only a few minutes.It is harder to think of a safer scenario

I never did in London but do in the 'burbs. Probably because there are 2 now. Wouldn't at service station etc. Why aren't there more pay at pumps?

I can understand people worrying about car theft not that they'd bother with our hunk of junk but if there was a fire and explosion, don't you think you'd be just as at risk inside paying?

I wouldn't leave ds in the car, god knows what he would do.

I always leave mine in the car.

Leave them in the car. Lock the door, watch the car. DS hated it and screamed whilst I was away but I still left him. He was fine about it once he was about 2.5.

And do you know, now he's 6'2" and off to uni soon, there appear to be no permnent scars on his inner psyche.

Why would it be unreasonable?

Oooh no, don't leave them in the car, it might explode, get stolen, vanish into thin air, get stolen by aliens. This happens every week you know. Play dodge the cars across the forecourt instead with a child under each each arm, so much fun and far safer.

My brother is a traffic cop, and has always told me to leave them restrained in their car seats, not to walk them across a forecourt, but not to lock them in, as you would be the only person to e able to get them out in an emergency, and you may well not be the nearest person to them.