Drivers in the UAE carrying children in the front seat will lose their driver’s license

A poll conducted by the Emirates news agency Emirates 24/7 showed that hundreds of UAE residents support a government ban on driving motorists with small children in the front seat. In accordance with the UAE traffic rules, driving in a car with children under 10 years old in the front seat is prohibited. For this violation of the rules, the driver will be fined 400 dirhams (US $ 109) and will receive four “black points”. Despite this ban, some parents still continue to drive with their young children in the front seat, putting their lives in danger.

Most of the respondents in the social survey are convinced that such parents should be deprived of a driver’s license. 75% of respondents believe that this is the only measure that can affect such reckless parents, 55% of these responded that the time for such tough actions on the part of the authorities had already come, 20% said that confiscating a driver’s license was the only way to save them the life of children. Despite this, 25% of respondents are of the completely opposite opinion, 12% of this number said that child safety should be completely dependent on parents, 13% expressed the opinion that parents themselves should choose what is best for their children.

According to official statistics from the UAE Ministry of the Interior, 40 children under the age of 15 died and 506 were injured and injured in road accidents that occurred on the country's roads last year. At the same time, 60 children were severely injured, 206 received moderate injuries and injuries, and 240 were mild. Most of the dead children were under 8 years old.

Car safety experts point out that the likelihood that children sitting in the back seat of the car and wearing a seat belt can get injured or damaged in an accident is reduced by 38%, while children sitting in the front seat will suffer in an accident with a probability of 40%.

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