How does this happen?

Please explain like am five years of age, how this happens and this isn't the first story to read/hear of,

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/2-Bodies-Found-in-Car-in-Lebanon-249303831.html

 

This is quite an unfortunate case to me. Most of these cases are always done on purpose. However, if the car had a problem causing carbon monoxide to enter inside then it would also seem that the locks were jammed making them unable to exit the car. A very sad story.

 

Thanks James for explaining. I knew carbon monoxide was dangerous in a way but I wasn't aware of how quickly it could affect someone without them being aware of it.

 

Wow... poor people! This must be terrible for their family! We are very careful over here, some people use heaters over here, so authorities have always warned us not to go to bed when the heater is on. You can die so easily!

 

Hi James! Over here we call them ''portable heaters'', I think these are very popular:

 

Yeah, I think it is! We don't but, we don't use heaters so often, they make me nervious, they recommend to leave windows not ompletely closed. Sadly most people don't have detectors I prefer to cover myself with a bunch of blankets! 5 or 6 to be exact!

 

Thanks guys for that vital info. i didn't know a leaking exhaust can cause such a huge problem ...@Flexin, can a car also have a carbon monoxide detector?...thank God, you had the window open as you drove, it would've been another different story, carbon monoxide seeping in and you at the wheel in drowsy mode.

 

It is very easy to have a car with an exhaust leak that you don't know about, and it can slowly fill up the car before you know what is happening, even as you are driving down the road.
This happened to me back when my kids were little. We had an old Rambler Classic station wagon, and the kids were in the back seat. We we on a several hour trip, and we noticed that the kids seemed unusually droopy and tired; so we all rolled down the windows and left them at least part way down for the rest of the trip. It turned out that there was an exhaust leak that was coming up through the back floor of the car, which was also worn pretty thin, and even had some holes in it, if I remember right.
Even if you are just sitting in the car talking on the phone, or with another person in the car, it is always safest to shut off the motor, or at least open the windows partway.

 

So just curious, how long do you have to be exposed to carbon monoxide for it to kill you? Won't you really smell anything funny when that gas leaks?

 

Thanks for the information @ Flexin, will come in handy one day, since no car in sight as of now but soon, will be sporting one, its a good thing to warn my friends of the same.

 

@Flexin, that is indeed dangerous. If only those fumes reek of any smell then senseless deaths would have been avoided. Now I'm paranoid of always having a window rolled down when I ride a car. But I think that what you felt like feeling tired and suddenly having a headache can be seen as hints that there is a leak.

 

I've never thought of carbon monoxide as odorless. We use a generator to give us electricity whenever there is low shedding here. I've always thought that the odor from that room was carbon monoxide, I guess I am wrong.

 

@ rosa, just check it out {the generator} to be on the safe side of things, don't assume, probably get a carbon monoxide detector as Flexin suggests, life is expensive and not refundable .