Baby on board reminder

1. A child-on-board alerting system for an automotive vehicle, the child-on-board alerting system comprising:

an alerting device configured to produce an alert;

a controller controllably coupled to the alerting device, the controller being operable to activate the alerting device to produce the alert; and

an inquiring device communicatively coupled to the controller, the inquiring device being configured to ask the driver whether a child is present;

wherein the controller is configured to activate the alerting device to produce the alert when a predetermined condition is met and the controller has received an affirmative response to the inquiring device;

the system further comprising a rear door sensor configured to detect whether a rear door is open;

wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: a) the vehicle being turned off for a shut-off predetermined time frame without a rear door being opened as detected by the rear door sensor; and b) the vehicle being parked and locked without first opening the rear door as detected by the rear door sensor;

the inquiring device being reconfigurable between the following modes:

an always ask mode wherein the inquiring device is configured to ask whether a child is present upon turning on the vehicle;

a sensor ask mode wherein the inquiring device is configured to ask whether a child is present when at least one of the following occurs in a start-up predetermined time frame:

a) the rear door is opened prior to opening a front door, b) the rear door is opened prior to starting the vehicle, and c) the rear door is opened prior to engaging a drive gear of the vehicle; and

a never ask mode wherein the inquiring device is configured to refrain from asking whether a child is present.

2. The child-on-board alerting system of claim 1 , the inquiring device comprising an interactive display configured to display a question asking the driver whether a child is present, the interactive display being configured to receive an answer to the question and provide the answer to the controller.

3. A controller for implementing a child-on-board reminder system in a motor vehicle, the controller comprising:

a first control logic configured to ask a driver whether a child is present in the vehicle;

a second control logic configured to determine whether a predetermined condition has been met that matches a profile defined as a child being left in a vehicle;

a third control logic configured to activate an alerting device when the predetermined condition has been met and the controller has received an affirmative response to the first control logic;

wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: a) the vehicle being turned off for a shut-off predetermined time frame without a rear door being opened as detected by the rear door sensor; and b) the vehicle being parked and locked without first opening the rear door as detected by the rear door sensor; and

further comprising a fourth control logic configured to determine whether a rear door has been opened prior to opening a front door and starting the vehicle, in a start-up predetermined time frame.

4. The controller of claim 3 , wherein the controller is reconfigurable between the following modes: an always ask mode wherein the controller is configured to activate the first control logic upon turning on the vehicle; a sensor ask mode wherein the controller is configured to activate the first control logic when, in a start-up predetermined time frame, at least one of the following occurs: the rear door is opened prior to opening a front door, the rear door is opened prior to starting the vehicle, and the rear door is opened prior to engaging a drive gear of the first control logic.