A month has passed since the death of a 3-year-old girl who was left behind on a school bus in Shizuoka Prefecture. .
The government has instructed related ministries and agencies to oblige the installation of safety devices on shuttle buses to daycare centers, etc., and the working group held on the 4th includes university researchers and executives of security equipment manufacturers as members. attended.
At the beginning of the conference, Associate Professor Toshiya Hirose of Shibaura Institute of Technology, who served as the chairman of the conference, gave a greeting, saying, "I would like to receive wisdom from the perspective of eliminating human error regarding safety devices that support the prevention of abandoned vehicles, and promptly implement safety measures."
After that, in private discussions, items to be included in the guidelines were considered, such as the functions required for the equipment that must be installed, how to display when it breaks down, and how to explain it at the time of sale.
In addition, interview items with the device sales companies, such as whether it can be detected even at night and the type of vehicle to which it can be installed, will be discussed, and hearings will be conducted from the target companies at an early stage.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to create guidelines by the end of the year, and plans to present a draft at the working group at the end of next month.