Abu Dhabi Police have appealed to drivers not to leave children in vehicles alone while shopping or for any other reason and endanger their lives as this is a crime punishable by law and whoever proves negligent in such cases will be referred to the judicial authorities to take legal action against them.
She explained that leaving children in vehicles may cause their death or subject to suffocation due to children messing with the car key and closing it, which leads to a lack of oxygen and high temperatures inside the vehicle or moving it due to tampering with the transmission, the occurrence of an accident or the exploitation of weak people and theft of the car.
She said that the incidents of suffocating children inside the car, and they alone are due to the neglect of families in the first place because the child does not understand the risks surrounding him as a result of his lack of awareness of things, and here comes the role of parents in protecting the child from himself and others, where the role of the family is vital in this Framework, wishing that no such accidents would happen to innocent people.