The other day the car next to me was driving at 80kph, with a small child standing up in the back seat, her head and shoulders sticking up through the open sun roof. The driver and front passenger, both in abayas, were wearing seatbelts.
That said, 30 years ago my own mother would hold me on her lap as a baby in the car, seatbelts were only compulsory in the front seats then. Now she has bought a carseat for her car especially for her Grandchildren. It hasn't taken that long for attitudes to change in Western countries so hopefully Asian/Arab counties will catch up soon.
A few years ago my cousins wife was driving in Australia with her 3 year old daughter, she lost control at an intersection and her car rolled. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt (no idea why) and was flung from the open window. When the police arrived she was dead, the 3 year old, strapped safely into her carseat didn't have as much as scratch.
It's not lack of love, its lack of thought, that is putting children's lives at risk, an education campaign is important, and we should all, as individuals, take the time to point the danger out to others we see not putting their children in car seats/seat belts. It might annoy people, but it will save innocent lives.
The other day the car next to me was driving at 80kph, with a small child standing up in the back seat, her head and shoulders sticking up through the open sun roof. The driver and front passenger, both in abayas, were wearing seatbelts.
That said, 30 years ago my own mother would hold me on her lap as a baby in the car, seatbelts were only compulsory in the front seats then. Now she has bought a carseat for her car especially for her Grandchildren. It hasn't taken that long for attitudes to change in Western countries so hopefully Asian/Arab counties will catch up soon.
A few years ago my cousins wife was driving in Australia with her 3 year old daughter, she lost control at an intersection and her car rolled. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt (no idea why) and was flung from the open window. When the police arrived she was dead, the 3 year old, strapped safely into her carseat didn't have as much as scratch.
It's not lack of love, its lack of thought, that is putting children's lives at risk, an education campaign is important, and we should all, as individuals, take the time to point the danger out to others we see not putting their children in car seats/seat belts. It might annoy people, but it will save innocent lives.