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Leaving any living creatures in a locked car in the summer is quite dangerous.
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But what about average things, just things that you shouldn't leave in a locked car? So,
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it's all about heat and cold. When you lock your car in summer and the sun is shining,
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the temperature inside your car can reach 180 - 200°F or about 90°C. This is about
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the temperature that water starts boiling. So, it's really hot. I mean, not air, but of course,
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the panels, your steering wheel, your panels—they will get to the temperature of boiling water.
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So, what about the things that you shouldn't leave in your car when you lock it? First of all,
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it's aerosol cans. So, any cans like paint cans or maybe some chemicals. You shouldn't
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leave anything of that in your car when you lock it because if this can heats up,
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there is a very high chance that this can will explode. And whatever is inside this can will be
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all over your car. In some cases, you will not even be able to clean this after that.
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The second thing is your phone, laptop, or tablet, or whatever electronics, because all these things
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have batteries inside them. And batteries hate when you heat them up, and they may die. Also,
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if your phone or tablet will be located in a place where it will get direct sunbeams,
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it's quite possible that it will melt, something will melt inside it because of this high
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temperature. So, never leave your expensive iPhone or whatever you have in the car when you lock it.
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The third is not that obvious: sugar drinks, so, fizzy drinks. When you leave these in your
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car in winter, it may be quite dangerous for your car interior because they can freeze. And
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when a fizzy drink like a Coke or something freezes, it expands, and your can or bottle
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may be just exploded. And after that, when this fizzy drink will heat up a little, maybe
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in the morning or when the sun shines directly on it, there would be a chance
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of melting. And then you will have to pay for cleaning, which is quite expensive.
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And there's also one more thing. If you leave a drink in a plastic bottle
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in your car when it's hot outside, there is a chance that the plastic bottle will
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heat up to the dangerous temperature and it will give some toxic elements to your water,
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to your drink. And then when you drink it, you will get poisoned. Not to the extent when you
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will need medical help, but you still don't want to get this influence if you can avoid this.
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Then, the fourth thing is any open food. Because there are also a couple of things that can happen.
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First of all, the open food in high temperatures will give a lot of smell. It will stink actually,
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and your car will stink after that. And you will not be able to do anything but
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professional cleaning, which is quite expensive. And then there is a second thing. If you leave
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some open food that you're going to eat after that, there is a problem, this food will be
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spoilt in a matter of minutes, maybe hours. It will be spoilt because of the temperature. And
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bacteria will grow, and all these things, and when you eat this food, there is a very high
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chance that you will be poisoned. And in this case, you actually may need some medical help.
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And then the fifth thing, which is quite important, it's medicine. Like when your
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medicine is in pills, it's going to be okay. But if your medicine is in liquid form, there is a
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very high chance that you shouldn't expose it to high temperatures. And when you leave it in
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a locked car, it will be automatically exposed to very high temperature, and just in an hour or two,
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it may be spoiled, and you will get no effect when you take this medicine. So,
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never leave your liquid medicine, whatever medicine, in your car when you lock it.
