Jul 3, 2013

MK Feiglin on obligating a sensor in cars for forgotten children (video)

After the tragic incident this week of a parent getting distracted by his cellphone and forgetting his child in the car for the entire day, resulting in the childs death, a number of ideas are being floated to minimize these incidents from occurring.

In this clip, MK Feiglin asks Deputy Minister of Transportation Tzippi Hotoveli if the Transportation Ministry is considering obligating car owners to install a device that will identify if there is a child in the car and warn appropriately. Hotoveli answers interestingly that the issue is greater than that - people are distracted by their cellphones and devices and forget their kids - would anyone forget their cellphone in the car? People's priorities are mixed up.





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3 comments:

  1. JoshJuly 03, 2013 11:25 AM

    Certainly, if you left home without your phone, you would go back to get it. If you left without your wallet, you might be able to get by okay.
    Anyway, I wonder how this system will work. Typically, your baby will have fallen asleep. How is this system going to get you if you are not near the car to hear some alarm? I think a law was enacted recently about no more installing of car alarms, an element used to be some pressure sensor which possibly would have activated the alarm.

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  2. Rafi G.July 03, 2013 12:28 PM

    I was reading that there are a few models of such systems already in the market. they warn in different ways.
    here I found one system . http://www.inter-vox.com/he/solutions/2x2/gym_12_fc
    it says it has four options four warning of a child left in the car:
    1. opening and closing windows (to attract attention I guess)
    2. sending out a text message to a predetermined number
    3. sending out a distress call
    4. activating security cameras (like in a school bus)

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  3. Michael SedleyJuly 03, 2013 12:32 PM

    Livini makes a good point and it should be a rule for all of us.

    If you have a child in the back of a car, when you strap him/her in, place something that you will need such as a work pass, cell phone, or wallet next to the car seat.
    DO THIS - ALWAYS.

    We all think that we would never forget a child, but it is more common than you would think. If you don't normally have a child with you in the office, you would not notice that the child isn't where it is supposed to be - you would however notice if you wallet or cell phone was missing.

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