You’re at the scene of an accident and are a medical professional, or a non-medical person, or a shopper seeing a child in a closed-up car in the parking lot. If you help, can you be arrested or sued for coming to the aid of a trapped or bleeding victim or for smashing in a window to save a child? In some states, yes.
Some (not enough) states have “Good Samaritan Laws” which protect you. Does your state have such a law? Go to Safe Kids Worldwide and find out.
If your state isn’t listed, contact your governmental representatives and ask why not.
Whether a child is left on purpose or by a rushed, otherwise-good parent, there is no reason that 38 kids die each year after being left in a hot car. Our precious babies need everyone to look after their safety.