Celebrity chef Matt Moran rarely cocks up a lamb dish.
But, after a couple of hours inside a hot car at Bondi Beach, which reached temperatures of up to 83 degrees, he determined his two trays of lamb were “totally overdone”.
It wasn’t a cooking lesson. It was a terrifying demonstration about the realities of leaving kids in hot cars.
He teamed up with child accident prevention organisation Kidsafe in order to show parents that the family car could easily become a deadly oven — even in a short period of time.
You can watch the video, which aired on The Project, here:
Kidsafe spokeswoman Kellie Wilson said the number of children left in cars each year, despite warnings from authorities, was staggering.
“In Victoria between September 2013 and August 2014, Ambulance Victoria reported no less than 1,165 cases where children had been left unattended in a car,” Ms Wilson said.
“It’s estimated that each year approximately 5,000 children nationally are rescued from hot cars.”
More than 2000 kids were rescued from cars in New South Wales in 2013 and in Queensland up to five incidents of children being left in cars are reported every single day.
The statistics are troubling, given temperatures inside a car can be up to 30 degrees hotter than outside.
Ms Wilson said: “75 per cent of the temperature rise occurs within the first five minutes of parking the car and 90 per cent within 15 minutes.”
Sounds like the ideal temperature for slow-cooking meat. Not so great for little people.
Carrie Bickmore suggested putting your wallet or keys in the back seat. It seems simple but an important reminder that could save your little one’s life.
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Wait - something doesn't make sense. You say that "temperatures inside a car can be up to 30 degrees hotter than outside" but then the car that Matt Moran cooked his lamb in got up to 83? Even at Bondi it didn't reach 53 degrees outside. Kids left in cars is stupid, for sure, but that's no excuse for confusing or inaccurate writing.
Who cares? Really! Even if it is a complete lie what's wrong with a dramatisation that drills in to people that they must never ever ever leave a child in a car? They have my permission to be inaccurate to their hearts content if it means at least one bub will be safe.geez people just love whingeing about everything
If its in the 30's outside, then being mid-50's pretty much proves that point id say...
Using lies is never a good way to convey any message, period.
So you advocate lying to prove a point? Even though the very act of telling a lying means that you are not telling the truth, and therefore aren't actually proving anything? That makes 0% sense.
Just this week I sat in the car while my 11 yr old ran into Bakers Delight to get an after school snack. I turned off the ignition when he got out. He was only gone for 5 minutes but the temperature in the car quickly got to a point where I was pretty uncomfortable.
Why not open a window?