What is wrong with parents? This past Ramadan (you know how the craze for shopping goes in the last week) this mother left her baby sleeping in the car by himself!!!???? the poor baby was around 1 year old or so, when we parked the baby was so scared and crying his guts out, a minutes later the mother, the father, and their older child arrived and questioned what happened why is he crying, I was so frustrated, I know it's her child but that is not right, so I was screaming at her "WHAT HAPPENED?? AND YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED, THE POOR BABY WOKE UP TO FIND HIMSELF IN THE DARK SLEEPING IN THE CAR ALONE??? WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED?" If you have no place to leave the baby when you are shopping why don't you take him with you?! If you are tired and can't carry him all the way to the store!! Then STAY HOME!
Leave alone those who actually drive with their babies in their labs behind the steering wheel!!???!!! And those who are driving and want to change lanes, and they think the street is theirs, and can move from lane to another without even looking?!! or those who park and decide to get out of the car without looking if there is a car coming their way. Believe me to drive in Libya you have to have 10 eyes (as Mom says) O Insha'Allah!
There is alot of stuff that needs US parents to look out for and notice just for the safety of our children, I am really looking forward to the day when people start to think SAFETY FIRST!
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Maysoon, being a father reading your post made me very angry, how can they do that? and then you hear some ignorant parents saying that they bring up their children properly unlike people in the west, of course things like that happen here but the parents get punished for leaving their children alone, this is a serious matter, children here have many laws protecting them, I think it is about time that people in Libya are made aware of their actions.
regarding road safety, Beacon (Tripoli Nights) has some good posts about this subject and links that are useful, one of them is in Arabic, you can find links for both in my blog (Salim & Salima) & Beacon.
Yes AngloLibyan, I know leaving a child alone is a serious matter, not only on the roads but also at home. It is hazardous and parents should be punished for such actions. Even the related authorities should do something about it, hand out booklets and information sheets for people to be aware of safety and do whatever it takes to enforce them, Ughh in Libya it is like we are living day by day with no rules / policies. Yeser Allah.
I’ve seen the posts about safety on Beacon’s blog masha'Allah very informative, but I was never able to open (Salim & Salima)!
education in everything that what people in Libyan need.
about Salim & Salima's blog for the first time I was unable to open it too but after using Tor which I talked about in my blog time ago and how you get ride of LTT restricted sites
How could they leave their baby in the car??!!! Just thinking of the amount of things wrong with that gives me a headache.
Also, imposing a carseat law for babies in Libya is a must! As you said, so many people have their kids on their lap! There should be some sort of law implemented against that, and if not at least some sort of awareness program, even police involvement would help. Something that will scare people into acting.
Thank you for this post.
Actually Lebeeya there are Laws , for ex seatbelt = 50 Libyan Dinars for not wearing it, but it is not enforced :( , what they do enforce though is the cellphone talking one = 500 LD that's more lucrative I guess ?
Thanks Maysoon for this post , driving in Libya is a matter of survival.
A.Adam, I agree education is needed in a lot of areas related to our wellbeing.
I will try to use the Tor.
Lebeeya, for baby car seats I don't know, but as Highlander mentioned there are laws but not enforced. Lately lots of drivers actually started to use their seatbelts, Alhamdolilah about time!
Highlander you are right about the cell phones law, do policemen get a reward for the tickets they give? I don't understand it!?
& U R Welcome :o) thanks for commenting.
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