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— START HERE: IS THIS MANUAL FOR YOUR HOUSE
 — THE NUMBERS
 — WHY MINUTES MATTER: THE HEAT TABLE
 — WHAT ACTUALLY GOES WRONG: THE AUTOPILOT
 — THE SIX TELLS
 — LAYER ONE AND TWO: THE SHOE AND THE FLAG
 — LAYER THREE: THE TWO-WAY CALL AGREEMENT (TEAR OUT) 8
 — LAYER FOUR: THE LOCK — HOME WALK-AROUND
 — LAYER FIVE: YOUR VEHICLE INVENTORY
 — THE SECOND DRIVER CARD (CUT OUT)
 — IF YOU SEE A CHILD ALONE IN A CAR
 — THE HONEST PAGE
 — MARCHING ORDERS AND THE HOUSE STANDARD
 — WHOM TO CALL
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KEEPING A CHILD FROM DYING IN A PARKED CAR
 
FREE. PRINT IT. COPY IT. HAND IT TO SOMEBODY. 
WHAT IS IN THIS MANUAL "THE  AUTOPILOT"
COMPANION TO THE ACTION ARMY SPECIAL REPORT OF THE SAME NAME
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THE RULE: IF YOU CHECK EVEN ONE BOX BELOW, THIS MANUAL IS
FOR YOUR HOUSE.
❑ A CHILD UNDER FIVE RIDES IN A VEHICLE YOU OWN — EVEN
ONCE IN A WHILE.
❑ MORE THAN ONE ADULT EVER DOES THE DROP-OFF.
❑ THERE IS A VEHICLE PARKED WHERE A CHILD COULD REACH 
IT.
❑ YOU HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, OR YOU BABYSIT, OR YOU  
COACH, OR YOU CARPOOL.
❑ YOU DRIVE THE SAME ROUTE MOST DAYS.
❑ YOU HAVE EVER ARRIVED SOMEWHERE AND COULD NOT  
REMEMBER THE DRIVE. START HERE 
THIS MANUAL IS NOT WRITTEN FOR CARELESS PEOPLE. 
 2  15EVERY CAREGIVER WHO THIS HAS HAPPENED TO WOULD HAVE
CHECKED AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BOXES THE WEEK BEFORE IT
HAPPENED.MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIE IN HOT 
CARS WERE NEVER LEFT THERE ON PURPOSE. ROUGHLY HALF WERE
FORGOTTEN BY SOMEBODY WHO LOVED THEM. ANOTHER QUARTER
CLIMBED INTO A PARKED CAR BY THEMSELVES AND COULD NOT GET
BACK OUT.
THOSE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. MOST FAMILIES ONLY 
DEFEND AGAINST THE THIRD ONE — THE ONE NOBODY IN YOUR HOUSE 
WAS EVER GOING TO DO ANYWAY.
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3  15
NUMBER
1,068
37
53
5 DAYS TO 14 YRS
54%
52.9% (531)
23.8% (248)
21.9% (228)
 THE NUMBERS 
THE RECORD, 1998 TO PRESENT
CHILDREN DEAD OF VEHICULAR  
HEATSTROKE
AVERAGE PER YEAR
WORST YEARS ON RECORD (TWICE)
AGE RANGE OF THE CHILDREN
UNDER TWO YEARS OLD
FORGOTTEN BY A CAREGIVER
GOT INTO THE VEHICLE ON THEIR OWN
KNOWINGLY LEFT BY A CAREGIVER▪ THESE DEATHS ARE NOT COUNTED AS CRASH FATALITIES, SO
THEY 
DO NOT APPEAR IN FEDERAL CRASH STATISTICS. THE
COUNTING IS DONE BY A UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER AND BY
NONPROFITS.
▪ SOURCE: NOHEATSTROKE.ORG — JAN NULL, CCM, DEPARTMENT
OF METEOROLOGY & CLIMATE SCIENCE, SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSITY. CIRCUMSTANCE PERCENTAGES FROM THE 1998–2025
CASE REVIEW.
▪ THESE NUMBERS MOVE. CHECK NOHEATSTROKE.ORG BEFORE
YOU QUOTE THEM.
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4  15
 WHY MINUTES MATTER 
A PARKED CAR IS A GREENHOUSE. SUNLIGHT PASSES THROUGH THE GLASS
AND HEATS THE DASHBOARD, THE WHEEL, THE SEATS, AND THE PLASTIC
SHELL OF THE CAR SEAT — WHICH ROUTINELY REACH 180 TO OVER 200
DEGREES — AND THOSE SURFACES HEAT THE TRAPPED AIR.
TIME PARKED DEGREES GAINED
+19°
+29°
+34°
+43°INSIDE ON A 70° 
DAY
89°
99°
104°
113°INSIDE ON AN 85° 
DAY
104°
114°
119°
128°10 MINUTES
20 MINUTES
30 MINUTES
60 MINUTES
▪ ABOUT 80% OF THE TOTAL RISE HAPPENS IN THE FIRST HALF HOUR. 
THE CAR DOES MOST OF ITS DAMAGE EARLY.
▪ CRACKING THE WINDOWS CHANGED THE RESULT BY LESS THAN 
THREE DEGREES. THE WINDOW IS NOT A PLAN.
▪ SHADE MOVES. THE SUN IS ON A SCHEDULE AND YOUR PARKING 
SPACE IS NOT. THE SHADE IS NOT A PLAN.
▪ A SMALL CHILD HEATS UP THREE TO FIVE TIMES FASTER THAN AN 
ADULT. HEATSTROKE BEGINS AT A CORE TEMPERATURE NEAR 104°.
NEAR 107° THE ORGANS FAIL.
▪ THERE IS NO SEASON FOR THIS. DEATHS ON THE RECORD HAVE 
 OCCURRED AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY AND AS LATE AS NOVEMBER, AND
ON DAYS AS MILD AS 68° OUTSIDE.  
▪ HEAT-RISE FIGURES: NULL, PEDIATRICS.
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YOU HAVE TWO MEMORY SYSTEMS AND THEY COMPETE.  WHAT ACTUALLY GOES WRONG
PROSPECTIVE MEMORY IS THE PLAN — "DROPHIM AT DAYCARE."IT RUNS IN 
THE HIPPOCAMPUS AND THE FRONT OF THE BRAIN. IT IS CONSCIOUS,
DELIBERATE, AND FRAGILE.
HABIT MEMORY RUNS DEEPER, IN THE BASAL GANGLIA. IT IS THE 
AUTOPILOT. IT IS OLD, IT IS STRONG, AND IT DOES NOT NEED YOU. IT IS 
WHAT DRIVES YOU FOUR MILES WITH NO MEMORY OF THE DRIVE.
ON THE WRONG DAY, THE AUTOPILOT SUPPRESSES THE PLAN, RUNS THE
USUAL ROUTE, AND — THIS IS THE PART NOBODY BELIEVES —
MANUFACTURES A MEMORY THAT THE DROP-OFF ALREADY HAPPENED. THE
CAREGIVER WALKS INTO WORK BELIEVING THE CHILD IS AT DAYCARE.
 
THE REASON FAMILIES SKIP THE FIX IS NOT NEGLIGENCE. IT IS THAT
SETTING A REMINDER FEELS LIKE AN ACCUSATION. SET IT ANYWAY. YOU
CANNOT TRY HARDER THAN YOUR OWN BRAIN STEM. YOU NEED A SYSTEM.
 IT HAS HAPPENED TO TEACHERS, DENTISTS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS,
POLICE OFFICERS, CLERGY, MILITARY OFFICERS AND A ROCKET SCIENTIST.
MOTHERS AND FATHERS AT ABOUT THE SAME RATE.
 
 5  15 THERE IS NO OCCUPATION THAT PROTECTS YOU, NO I.Q. THAT
PROTECTS YOU, AND NO AMOUNT OF LOVE THAT PROTECTS YOU. 
LOVE IS NOT STORED IN THE BASAL GANGLIA. TWO CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT IN NEARLY EVERY CASE:
▪ SOMETHING IN THE ROUTINE CHANGED — A DIFFERENT START TIME 
A DIFFERENT DRIVER, AN ADDED STOP.
▪ THAT CHANGE OVERLAPPED A ROUTE THE DRIVER RUNS ON 
AUTOPILOT.
RESEARCH BASIS: DAVID DIAMOND, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
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THE DROP-OFF IS BEING DONE BY THE PERSON WHO DOES  
NOT NORMALLY DO IT.
YOU DID NOT SLEEP. NEW BABY, SICK CHILD, LATE SHIFT —  
THE REASON DOES NOT MATTER.
THE SCHEDULE MOVED. AN EARLIER MEETING, AN ADDED  
STOP, A CLOSED ROAD, A DETOUR.
THE CHILD IS ASLEEP AND SILENT IN THE BACK. QUIET  
REMOVES YOUR ONLY BACKUP ALARM.
YOU TOOK A PHONE CALL ON THE ROUTE.
YOU ARE ANGRY, GRIEVING, OR CARRYING SOMETHING  
HEAVY. STRESS FEEDS THE AUTOPILOT.
THE SIX TELLS — IS TODAY A HIGH-RISK DAY? 
THESE ARE NOT TALES ABOUT A STRANGER. THEY ARE TELLING ABOUT
A DAY. CHECK THE ONES THAT ARE TRUE RIGHT NOW.
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SCORING: TWO OR MORE CHECKED = A HIGH-RISK DAY. DO THE SHOE
(PAGE 7) AND SEND ONE TEXT TO THE SECOND DRIVER CONFIRMING
WHO THE CHILD IS WITH.
THE MASTER TELLS: IF YOU CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST THREE
INTERSECTIONS YOU DROVE THROUGH, THE AUTOPILOT IS FLYING THE
PLANE.
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LAYER TWO — THE FLAG 
A STUFFED ANIMAL LIVES IN THE EMPTY CAR SEAT. CHILD GOES IN; THE
ANIMAL COMES UP FRONT WHERE THE DRIVER CAN SEE IT. ANIMAL IN  LAYER ONE — THE SHOE 
EVERY TIME A CHILD GOES IN THE BACK SEAT, SOMETHING YOU
CANNOT WALK AWAY WITHOUT GOES IN THE BACK SEAT TOO.
PHONE, BADGE, WALLET, WORK BAG, OR THE VERSION THAT NEVER 
FAILS — YOUR LEFT SHOE.
THE AUTOPILOT CAN WALK YOU INTO A BUILDING. IT CANNOT WALK 
YOU INTO A BUILDING WITH ONE SHOE ON.
▪ EVERY TRIP. NOT JUST THE HARD DAYS. HABIT IS THE ONLY 
 7  15 
▪ IT IS A VISUAL FLAG. IT COSTS ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS. IT IS A 
BACKUP TO THE SHOE, NOT A SUBSTITUTE.
OUR FLAG OBJECT IS: __________________________________LANGUAGE THE AUTOPILOT SPEAKS — YOU ARE PROGRAMMING IT,
NOT ARGUING WITH IT.
IN THIS HOUSE THE BACK-SEAT ITEM IS: ____________________
ADULTS WHO DRIVE THIS CHILD AND DO IT: __________________
FRONT MEANS BABY IN THE BACK. CHILD COMES OUT; ANIMAL GOES BACK.
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❑ ASKED WHETHER THEY HAVE THIS POLICY IN WRITING.
❑ GOT A COPY OF IT.
❑ CONFIRMED IT APPLIES TO EVERY CLASSROOM / EVERY  
DRIVER, NOT JUST OURS. LAYER THREE — THE TWO-WAY CALL AGREEMENT 
TEAR THIS PAGE OUT. GIVE THE TOP HALF TO YOUR DAYCARE, SITTER, OR SCHOOL. KEEP
THE BOTTOM.
THEIR HALF: IF OUR CHILD IS NOT HERE BY THE EXPECTED TIME AND WE
HAVE NOT CALLED, YOU CALL US — AND KEEP CALLING UNTIL A LIVE
HUMAN ANSWERS. NOT A VOICEMAIL. NOT A TEXT.
OUR HALF: IF THE CHILD IS NOT COMING IN ON A GIVEN DAY, WE CALL YOU 
BEFORE THE EXPECTED TIME.
 8 PARENT / GUARDIAN SIGNED: ________________________
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNED: ____________________
DATE: ____________________
 15CHILD’S NAME: __________________________________________
FACILITY / CAREGIVER: ______________________________________
EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME EACH DAY: ____________________________
CALL THIS NUMBER FIRST: __________________________________
THEN THIS NUMBER: ______________________________________
THEN THIS NUMBER: ______________________________________
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9  15
❑ EVERY VEHICLE AT THIS ADDRESS IS LOCKED EVERY SINGLE
TIME — INCLUDING INSIDE THE GARAGE.
❑ KEYS AND FOBS ARE STORED WHERE A CHILD CANNOT  
REACH THEM AND CANNOT SEE THEM.
❑ NOBODY PLAYS IN A PARKED VEHICLE. EVER. NOT EVEN  
WITH AN ADULT STANDING THERE.
❑ EVERY CHILD OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN  
SHOWN THE GLOWING TRUNK RELEASE HANDLE.
❑ REAR SEATS THAT FOLD INTO THE TRUNK HAVE BEEN  
CHECKED AND DISCUSSED.
❑ THE MISSING-CHILD RULE IS KNOWN BY EVERY ADULT IN  
THIS HOUSE:
  LAYER FOUR — THE LOCK (HOME WALK-AROUND) 
NEARLY ONE IN FOUR OF THESE CHILDREN WAS NEVER LEFT BY ANYBODY.
THEY CLIMBED INTO A PARKED CAR TO PLAY AND COULD NOT GET BACK
OUT. NO SENSOR EVER BUILT STOPS THIS. ONLY A LOCK DOES.
WATER FIRST. VEHICLES SECOND. ALL OF THEM— TRUNKS INCLUDED, 
NEIGHBORS’ INCLUDED — BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, AND IN SECONDS, NOT
MINUTES.
KEYS AND FOBS ARE KEPT AT: ____________________________
TRUNK RELEASE SHOWN ON (DATE): ______________________
WALK-AROUND COMPLETED BY: __________________________
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10  15
LAYER FIVE — YOUR VEHICLE INVENTORY 
TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS ARE BOTH SOLD AS A "REAR SEAT 
REMINDER." FIND OUT WHICH ONE EACH OF YOUR VEHICLES ACTUALLY HAS.
LOOK UP "REAR SEAT REMINDER" IN THE OWNER’S MANUAL INDEX.
VEHICLE  DOOR-SEQUENCE
REMINDER?  OCCUPANT
DETECTION?  AFTERMARKET
ADDED?  DATE
CHECKED
▪ DOOR SEQUENCING (COMMON): THE CAR NOTICED A REAR DOOR 
OPENED BEFORE THE TRIP, SO IT PROMPTS YOU AT THE END. USEFUL
— AND BLIND. IF YOU LOADED FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THE DOOR 
WAS ALREADY OPEN, OR YOU STOPPED IN BETWEEN, IT MAY NEVER
FIRE.
▪ OCCUPANT DETECTION (BETTER, RARER): RADAR OR MOTION 
SENSING THAT LOOKS FOR SOMETHING ALIVE IN THE CABIN AFTER
THE ENGINE IS OFF, AND ALARMS.
▪ IF A VEHICLE HAS NEITHER, AFTERMARKET SENSOR PADS AND 
HARNESS-CLIP ALARMS PAIR TO A PHONE FOR THE PRICE OF DINNER.
TEST THE BATTERY MONTHLY.
▪ TECHNOLOGY IS LAYER FIVE. IT IS THE BACKUP TO THE SHOE. IT IS 
NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THE SHOE.
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11  15
YOU ARE DRIVING A CHILD TODAY. FIVE LINES:
 THE SECOND DRIVER CARD — CUT THIS OUT 
GIVE THIS TO THE GRANDPARENT, THE SITTER, THE AUNT, THE COACH, THE
NEIGHBOR — ANYBODY WHO EVER DRIVES THIS CHILD. THEY ARE THE
HIGHEST-RISK DRIVER IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM, BECAUSE FOR THEM THE
DROP-OFF IS NOT ROUTINE.
▪ 1. PUT YOUR PHONE, YOUR BAG, OR YOUR LEFT SHOE IN THE BACK 
SEAT WITH THE CHILD.
▪ 2. OPEN THE BACK DOOR AT EVERY STOP. EVERY STOP, WHETHER 
OR NOT YOU THINK ANYONE IS BACK THERE.
▪ 3. TEXT THE PARENT THE MOMENT THE CHILD IS DELIVERED. ONE 
WORD IS ENOUGH.
▪ 4. IF THE CHILD IS NOT GOING WHERE THEY NORMALLY GO TODAY, 
SAY IT OUT LOUD BEFORE YOU START THE CAR.
▪ 5. NEVER LEAVE THE CHILD IN THE VEHICLE. NOT FOR ONE MINUTE. 
NOT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING.
CHILD: ______________________________
DELIVER TO: ______________________________
TEXT THIS NUMBER: __________________________
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12  15
THIS PAGE IS FOR EVERYBODY—WHETHER YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT.
 1. CALL 911 FIRST. RIGHT THEN. YOU ARE NOT OVERREACTING. GIVE 
THE LOT, THE VEHICLE, AND THE PLATE.
2. TRY EVERY DOOR WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PHONE. ALL FOUR. 
PEOPLE FORGET THE OTHER SIDE.
3. TELL THE DISPATCHER WHAT YOU SEE. CRYING IS A BETTER SIGN 
THAN QUIET. RED, HOT, LIMP, NOT ANSWERING, NOT SWEATING — 
THAT IS AN EMERGENCY IN PROGRESS.
4. FOLLOW THE DISPATCHER’S INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT GETTING THE 
CHILD OUT.
▪ TWENTY-SIX STATES HAVE LAWS SPECIFICALLY PROTECTING A 
PERSON WHO BREAKS INTO A VEHICLE TO RESCUE SOMEONE IN
DISTRESS. THE REST VARY. PROTECTION GENERALLY DEPENDS ON
HAVING CALLED FOR HELP FIRST AND ACTED IN GOOD FAITH. THAT IS
WHY YOU CALL FIRST.
▪ IF YOU DO GO IN: BREAK A WINDOW FAR AWAY FROM THE CHILD, 
GET THEM OUT, GET THEM INTO SHADE OR AIR CONDITIONING, COOL
THEM WITH WATER, AND STAY ON THE PHONE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
▪ DO NOT GO INSIDE TO HAVE SOMEBODY PAGED. DO NOT WAIT TEN 
MINUTES FOR AN ADULT TO APPEAR.
NOBODY HAS EVER LAID AWAKE REGRETTING THAT THEY CALLED 911
OVER A CHILD IN A CAR. IF YOU SEE A CHILD ALONE IN A CAR 
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THE HONEST PAGE 
CLAIM CONFIDENCE
HIGH
WHY
THE BACK-SEAT  
ITEM WORKS
LOCKING CARS AT 
HOME
AFTERMARKET  
ALARMS
A FEDERAL RULE  
FIXES THIS SOON
HIGH
MEDIUM
LOW
FORCES A PHYSICAL ACTION THE 
AUTOPILOT CANNOT FINISH WITHOUT YOU
A LOCK IS THE ONLY BARRIER THAT 
STOPS A CHILD WHO LETS HIMSELF IN
RELIABILITY, BATTERIES, AND PAIRING  
VARY WIDELY BY PRODUCT
MANDATE IS YEARS PAST DEADLINE;
NEW-CAR RULES TAKE A DECADE TO 
REACH THE FLEET
WHAT WILL NOT SAVE YOU: LOVE, INTELLIGENCE, OCCUPATION, OR THE
CERTAINTY THAT YOU WOULD NEVER.
▪ WHAT WOULD PROVE US WRONG: A PUBLISHED OCCUPANT-DETECTION 
RULE WITH A NEAR-TERM COMPLIANCE DATE, OR A DROP IN THE ANNUAL
COUNT FROM DOOR-SEQUENCE REMINDERS ALONE.
 13  15▪ THE FEDERAL RECORD, PLAINLY: THE 2021 INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, 
SECTION 24222 DIRECTED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TO
REQUIRE OCCUPANT DETECTION IN NEW CARS, NAMING VEHICULAR
HEATSTROKE AND CHILDREN. DEADLINE: TWO YEARS — 2023. THE
RULE HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. THAT IS A DOCKET, NOT A POLITICAL
OPINION.
▪ DO NOT CONFUSE IT WITH THE FINISHED FEDERAL REAR SEAT BELT 
WARNING RULE. THAT IS A SEAT BELT RULE, AND A GOOD ONE. IT
DOES NOT DETECT A CHILD.
▪ THE GOOD NEWS: AUTOMAKERS VOLUNTARILY COMMITTED IN 2019 
TO REAR SEAT REMINDERS IN NEARLY ALL NEW VEHICLES AND
LARGELY DELIVERED — WELL OVER 150 MODELS CARRY SOMETHING,
WITH NO RULE AT ALL.
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SHOW EVERY CHILD WHERE THE TRUNK RELEASE IS.
HAND OUT THE SECOND DRIVER CARD.❑ PUT THE BACK-SEAT ITEM IN THE CAR. DECIDE WHAT IT IS AND
TELL EVERYONE WHO DRIVES.
❑ WALK OUT AND LOCK EVERY VEHICLE. MOVE THE KEYS AND  
FOBS. 
❑ CALL THE DAYCARE OR SCHOOL AND SET UP THE TWO-WAY
CALL RULE. GET IT IN WRITING.
❑ HAVE THE CONVERSATION OUT LOUD WITH THE SECOND  
DRIVER. SAY THE HARD SENTENCE: THIS COULD HAPPEN TO US.
❑ FILL IN THE VEHICLE INVENTORY ON PAGE 10.
❑ RECRUIT ONE FAMILY. TELL ONE OTHER PARENT ABOUT THE  
SHOE. MARCHING ORDERS 
TONIGHT
 THE HOUSE STANDARD 
IN THIS HOUSE, THE BACK SEAT GETS OPENED AT EVERY STOP — EVERY THIS WEEK
THIS MONTH
 
SIGNED: ________________________
SECOND DRIVER SIGNED: __________________
DATE: __________________
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TRIP, EVERY DRIVER, NO EXCEPTIONS.
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OUR PEDIATRICIAN: ______________________________________
SECOND DRIVER: ________________________________________
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