Imprisonment and a fine is the penalty for leaving children alone in vehicles

The death of a child forgotten by his father in the car because he was busy with a phone call

Abu Dhabi Police revealed the death of a child, who suffocated in his father's car, who was with him, as he got out of it after they arrived at the house and forgot him inside, and attributed the reason for this to the neglect of the guardian, who was busy throughout the trip with a phone conversation about his work problems, until he realized late while inside the house, He forgot his son inside the chariot and closed it in the hot sun.

Captain Engineer Mohammed Hamad Al-Esai - from the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, warned against repeating such unfortunate incidents, and endangering children's lives, due to neglect and inattention on the part of some parents, pointing out that forgetting a child inside a vehicle is a crime and the penalty for which is imprisonment or a fine. Do not exceed the value of five thousand dirhams for the guardian or escort of the child, according to the Child Law (Wadeema).

He pointed out that the Wadima Law tightens the penalty for negligence and endangering the life and safety of the child, including leaving a child alone and forgetting him inside the vehicle, as well as other penalties in the event that this causes the child's death.

Al-Issani warned of the danger of leaving children in vehicles unattended or forgetting them, especially with the high temperatures in the summer, which exposes them to the risk of death or suffocation due to lack of oxygen caused by global warming inside the vehicle, as well as other risks of leaving children alone inside the vehicle until If it is in operation, the child can play with the steering gear, causing it to move, causing a traffic accident, and endangering his life.

He stressed the importance of the parents’ keenness to ensure that all their children get off the vehicle after disembarking, on any trip while they are with them, whether they are heading to a shopping center, home or other, in order to avoid any of the similar situations that may lead to the victim of an innocent child as a result of neglect of the child’s guardian or from be responsible for it.

He stressed that the safety of children inside the vehicle is important and continuous during the vehicle journey, as the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law established two violations in respect of which the first is to allow a child under the age of ten to sit in the front seat, and the driver will be fined 400 dirhams, 4 traffic points, and the vehicle will be deconfined at a value of 5000 dirhams, and the second is not to provide Protection seats for children aged four years and under while they are in the vehicle in the

back seat, and the driver is punished with a fine of 400 dirhams.

The country has witnessed many accidents of leaving children in vehicles and forgetting them, which exposed them to the risk of death, especially during the summer period, and the high temperatures witnessed, which cause their death or expose them to suffocation of the child quickly due to lack of oxygen.

Abu Dhabi Police confirmed its continuation of its efforts to raise awareness of the safety of children in vehicles as part of its campaign to raise awareness of child seats, enhance their safety in vehicles and protect against the causes of fire accidents, as part of the "Safe Summer" campaign.

Which focuses on educating the community to adhere to the preventive measures and safety requirements necessary to spend a safe summer without hassles.

She stressed that the safety of children from all dangers is at the forefront of the priorities, calling for the need to adhere to the traffic law, by providing children's seats in the back seats of

vehicles.

She stated that children's seats should be commensurate with their weight and height according to the standard specifications in force in the country, and warned against the father and mother embracing their children in the front seat while driving, as this is a wrong behavior that poses a threat to the life and safety of our children.

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