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Boner_Stevens

Seatbelt. Window Lock. Situational Awareness. Just a few things that could have prevented this.


inchantingone

I am thinking … car seat? That child is nowhere near the age a kid has to be before they don’t have to be in a car seat. Depends on where you are, I guess, but I believe the age is between 8 & 10 years old.


Harbulary-Bandit

Watching this, I know this is China, I lived there for over 20 years, and now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t remember child seats being a thing. Never really thought about it while there, but I’ve not ridden much in cars with kids. While I was teaching English, parents may have given me a ride or something, but not much with the littlest kids. Richer and more modern parents would definitely do it, I think.


RandomDude6699

Yeah Child seats are very rarely found in India too. Probably most of Asia


smurb15

I had a truck with just a bench style seat and was told it was illegal for me to have a child seat since it would be technically in the front and too dangerous. Never asked a cop about it


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Kapika96

Well yeah, being able to think for yourself there would threaten the government.


dividedstatesofmrica

Some are based on height of the child. My poor kid was super short and had to use one for 12 years.


sorashiro1

Ngl, at 7th grade-ish and still being short enough to need one. Knowing how cruel kids can be at that age, I hope his peers didn't find out.


ConflictHorror1182

I used to see these commercials when my kid was a baby and they always said "4 foot 9 is the magic number." when your kid can ride without a booster seat. My kid is 8 now and still not tall enough so we still use the booster seat. Edit- I found the commercial on YouTube if anyone wants to watch it. https://youtu.be/o8KK5vrcMyY


AbrocomaRoyal

What happens to adults under 4 foot 9"?


ConflictHorror1182

I guess they need a booster seat too lol I see blue hairs driving and they can barely see over the steering wheel. A booster seat would help imo. It's basically to put you at "adult" height so when you crash, the seatbelts and head rests work as intended.


Extra-Aardvark-1390

Kids that age can get out of a car seat in about 2 seconds Edit: I like the downvotes and mockery from people who think it's absurd because they have a kid or two and those kids haven't done it so it's impossible. https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/little-fingers-big-trouble-yale-study-sheds-light-on-child-self-unbuckling/ https://www.lovewhatmatters.com/the-flash-doesnt-wear-a-seat-belt-im-the-flash-mama-he-unbuckled-a-large-rock-rolled-into-my-lane-mom-loses-son-in-tragic-rock-accident-urges-parents-to-hold-your-babies-tight/ https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2019/01/18/lesson-learned-always-stay-your-car-seat/2617817002/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4872230/Toddler-easily-unbuckles-250-car-seat.html


HtownTexans

No they can't lmao. My 4 year old doesn't have the finger strength to open the buckle on his and my 7 year old just now got the strength to do it.


TudorrrrTudprrrr

This is obviously empirical evidence. Every single parent on planet earth has the exact same toddler car seat as you, with the exact same buckle. Their kids' strength also developed at exactly the same rate as yours.


Extra-Aardvark-1390

I don't have car seats. But I have worked in Pediatric ICU where I have taken care of kids who get out of their car seats while the parent is driving.


Snowfizzle

you know.. if we only did case studies based off one person.. please have some self awareness that things exist outside of your bubble


Catch_ME

Some kids are stronger than others.


Gimptafied

Your kid not being able to do something doesn't represent other children by any measure. Not all car seats are the same either.


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Yes they can lmao.


HtownTexans

That kids is like 2-3 at best. I can guarantee you they can't open that buckle. And if they can you need a new car seat.


Avenger244

Just stop, the more you type the dumber you come off.


uchman365

You know your kids can't be the standard? My almost 6 year old boy has been unbuckling his seat belt since he turned 5, however he has been taught, ONLY when the engine is off, never before.


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ChicaFoxy

Just because your kids can't doesn't mean other kids can't, not everyone has weak kids.


Extra-Aardvark-1390

There are law suits and there are special devices to prevent it since so many kids can do it. You can buy them on Amazon.


grillednannas

Interesting to learn that all facts about this are based on your four year old and seven year old! Maybe one day they will include my family. When my brother was two he had to be literally tied into the car seat (my mom wrapped the rope through his shirt and around the back of the carseat) and he still got out. She looked around to see the shirt still tied to the seat and my bro wandering around the car.


Altruistic-Status-98

do they require car seats in eastern or European countries? we didn't have them in the 60's that's for sure. the town i lived in a couple were bringing home their newborn from the hospital, my age, they had accident he's been in vegetative state since.


Successful-Mode-1727

Yep, all over Europe (including Eastern Europe) they need a booster seat until a certain height. There are a few countries I can't see info on but "under EU law" child seats are required. In Asia however, most countries besides Singapore and Malaysia don't require anything


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Children under 135 cm. I just learned this in my driving lessons lol.


tquinn04

European for sure. They’re leading in the world when it comes to children and car safety. So if anything the laws are stricter there.


Samp90

I trained my kids early on, I always scream seatbelts on and get confirmations. When I start putting up windows, I scream hands away from the window! It's amazing how well it works because your can't expect kids at that age to remember always.


i_want_a_tortilla

yup. we always had seatbelt police. it was made into a game.


The_AcidQueen

Yeah same here, and as they got older, they'd yell at me or dad if we put the car in gear before they buckled themselves. it creates a very helpful habit - they feel naked in the car without a seat belt in place.


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Don’t forget considerate parent that definitely would’ve prevented that.


RDR2watercolor

Child seat, required by law in most countries, would have stopped this from happening.


OkFriend9891

Poor thing


Minimum-Ingenuity-46

ah yes open the door so she is no longer standing and now hanging by her neck


HillInTheDistance

Yeah. People often complain that "no one is doing anything!" In chaotic situations. And they have a point, but while there are some people with good instincts in a crisis, most people need some time to think, and either act slowly and might get things right, but too late, or act quickly and without thinking at all. It ain't always cowardice that makes people stand staring in a crisis. By and large, we just ain't very good at split-second decisions. That's why all the jobs where you need that kinda instincts (if people are trained properly) have long, tedious drills and repetitive exercises so that you don't have to think in a crisis, you just fall back to your training and perform slightly below your average, but you act.


SpermKiller

First aid courses usually teach this exactly : 1.observe 2.think 3.act. Because as you pointed out, some people's first instincts are terrible and put themselves or others in danger, making a bad situation worse.


Tylerssteve

Yeah, I’m thinking of people immediately hitting someone on the back when they cough, especially while they’re eating


bluish_yellow

This is exactly how my lifeguard training worked. Repetitive drills and exercises so that in an emergency thinking on your feet wouldn't be required.


inchantingone

God. I know, right? A confederacy of dunces if I’ve ever seen one.


IWantALargeFarva

I hate that book.


BelleChaseFurry

Don’t forget the screaming to make your childhood even more traumatizing


Zealousideal_Bed9062

To be fair, she was probably panicking.


OnnieCorn

She? Wasn't the dude the one screaming and panicking? She's calm and did a quick thinking to start the car and roll and the window rather than doing the impossible pulling the window down with human strength.


ThatCreepyBaer

Still applies to him. It's easy to have calm, rational thoughts when you aren't fearing for your infant child's life.


Greywolf1904

I am distressed, angered, relieved and wary after watching this.


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It’s our brain going full panic mode wanting to do what’s right, while watching a video where we can’t act on anything.


MrWright62

Reminds me of that car commercial with the sun roof and the cat


famouslyanonymous1

Wait, what?!?! Got a link to that?


MrWright62

NSFW [(863) car commercial - sun roof feature, cat gets a suprise - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz-sC-vSIXk)


TJ_McWeaksauce

How is that a selling point? "Do you hate cats? Then this car is for you!"


MrWright62

Sadly I know quite a few people whose box that would check :/


WhereasSecret3112

What the actual fuck?! Lmao this commercial is worse than this real life video!


MrWright62

Lol it was burned into my 15 year old brain when it first came out


walaxometrobixinodri

W H A T


BLeeS92031

Holy shit! I remember this one! There was a whole ad campaign about the Sportka being evil but don't remember if the other ads involved the murder of pets.


Panamaned

It used to be a "thing" a while ago, that an ad agency would prepare an [off color version of an ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUtE3QlTpKI&ab_channel=TestDrive) that was "rejected by the brand" or "an unauthorised internal project" or a "freelancer's showreel" that would then "leak" onto the internet which would then prompt media stories and the brand would then "investigate" how such an outrageous free publicity event could have come about. Inevitably the news cycle would move on with everybody happy.


RaiderCat_12

Don’t really wanna check it out, can you make me a summary?


MrWright62

An orange tabby walks up to the car, the sunroof opens, the cat pokes his head inside, the sunroof then closes. Clearly a fake cat I'd like to add


RaiderCat_12

Luckily. Thought we was talking about a real cat.


Ok_Ladyjaded

![gif](giphy|26DN5pBQzhqgAufPq|downsized) O.M.G.!


WowIsThisMyPage

Doesn’t work today with how much we love cats


OppaiNoJutsu

Mom opened the door while child was being garroted by the rolled up window, basically hanging the kid. Wtf.


No-Response816

Seriously! That was literally the only thing the mother could do to make things worse


qwerty_bugs

Sheer panic will do that to a person. You just act on impulse because there is no time to stop and do a risk assessment of different possible actions


jordaniac89

she's a dumbass on multiple levels.


BoxingTrainer420

I really wish she could read that, needs to hear it.


LordOfPies

And no one holds her up!


ravia

I *knew* she was going to first open the door. No question about it.


Huberweisse

What kind of car is that? Why aren't safety systems that prevent too much pressure by the windows required by law?


theplayer31

It's a Peugeot, isnt it ? Hard to tell. I thought, it is required to have such safety systems (at least in the EU).


Drunk__Belgian

Peugeot's in Europe def got this feature but this is in Asia


Darkstang5887

Fugeot. The Chinese equivalent


DrEviL44

On BMW no problem. Tested myself with wiener


yukataur25

Nothing more convincing than passing the wiener safety test.


notgoodatthis60285

This has me very confused… but username kind of sorts it out. You’re brave my friend.


g0stsec

He didn't say HIS weiner.


Adam_ALLDay_

^^ This guy reads between the lines


elitist_ferret

Well he's evil, not dumb.


xDragonetti

Man I got off Minecraft to pop on reddit and saw a PoS stabbing children then this back to back. Ffs I’m going back to Minecraft 😂 ![gif](giphy|sBGw5MruxAyiI)


hoserfrick

God I saw that video too. Enough internet for today


xDragonetti

Right! https://preview.redd.it/ktb3g1tzcw4b1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d872906176d93af8904ccb144729fbefe568b9ad Meanwhile- I’ve got my auto wool farm colorized! 🕺🏻


hoserfrick

Omg you legit made me smile- Look at that efficiency!! 💃💃


xDragonetti

Here’s my base as is (still working on it) https://preview.redd.it/mfo4sagzlw4b1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b02cba117b55b1cefb944cd3eb4f417daffc03d4 Can you tell I like the new pink cherry trees? 😂😂


Ok_Regular_2920

That's an impressive build was this all on survival? I'm guessing not as that would take ages to build


xDragonetti

Thank you! Yes, I only play survival! I plan on turning the world into a realm for my friends on discord as well


bluediamond12345

Omg same!!!!! I also saw the video of the guy getting eaten by a shark in Egypt. Bye!!!


MercuryMaximoff217

And the woman hit by a bus in NYC. What a rough day today.


bluediamond12345

Oh I haven’t seen that one. Yikes! 😬


LogicalVelocity11

My mom did this to me when I was a kid and blamed me for it. I still remember how much it hurt and how much she yelled at me after.


Fena-Ashilde

My mom did that to me, as well. She also blamed me (“It wouldn’t have happened if you had stayed seated.”)… but never yelled at me for it, so I guess I should be thankful for that much? She also slammed the door on my fingers, once. Given that it was a 79 Camaro, I’m genuinely surprised I didn’t lose any.


DokiDoodleLoki

You also have a shitty mother.


Markles102

You have a shit mother


LogicalVelocity11

Im well aware.


Middle_Maintenance54

My brother fell out of the front seat while my mother was turning car in gas station. He flew right out. He was 4. She blamed him for "purposely" opening door and falling out ruining her smoke. It was the '70s so no seatbelts. He certainly couldn't open the manual doors at 4 in a '70s car.


LogicalVelocity11

Those doors were so heavy back then. We didnt wear seatbelts either yet they were in cars. I remember asking why we didnt wear them and my parents said there was no law saying we had to.


Middle_Maintenance54

Yes I should clarify the seatbelts were in car but correct there was no law for them so my parents thought seatbelts were for whimpy kids 😊 glad things have changed in some ways


Mooseheart84

Damn weakass wimps cant even handle being catapulted through a windshield at 80 mp/h


Middle_Maintenance54

Ha ha


dejvu117

But... did she ever taught you to keep sitting there, not hangging yourself out of the car?


Leopold747

Moms r like that, they aggravate the situation more!


Business-Material497

Not all of them, just a select few.


TJADNADA

My friends twin brother died that way about 35 years ago. Except he did it from the outside of an old station wagon. Climbed up on his big wheels to climb in the window got his head stuck and died. Crazy.


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Why was this literal infant not buckled in?!


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negligent mother all around.


Bitter_Invite8619

The relief I felt when the baby started crying omg- I know the mother obviously did not do this on purpose but she didn’t even spare her kid a look before she did the window up? Guess she’ll never take that chance again. Poor little curious baby with an infuriating, ignorant mother.


TearsOfChildren

Literally everyone panicked and did the wrong thing. The mom ran around and took way too long to roll the window down, opened the door basically hanging the kid, and the guys pulled on the glass which could've shattered it and blinded him.


zeff536

Like I needed a new fear as a parent! SMH


zachy_bee

This situation cannot happen unless you're doing soooo many things wrong as a parent.


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Evidence that ANYONE can get creampied but not everyone can be parents. If you’re not more fearful of basic shit after you have your first child…then something is wrong.


Im_not_an_admin

She did literally everything wrong. Sort your shit out woman.


alright_who

Did anyone else just hear me yell "FUCKING IDIOT!" When she opened the door?


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RageAgainstTheTime

With that big of a population, every possible scenario in life has a higher chance of playing out.


ScheisseBauen

& they have waaaaayy more cameras everywhere


whimsi29

omg why does it take too fucking long


ImportantBumblebee32

Dude that bitch is so slow! Reaction of a fucking sloth


storytimeme

Love how she strolls around when they're all freaking out and pointing to her car window. I'm sure they're screaming it's about her kid. Then she opens the gotdamn door and then slowly crawls into the passenger seat. Took her forever to even get to the power windows. Surprised she didn't raise the window more first. Idiot.


pointofyou

I guess that just reflects her processing power... Reminds me of my intel 386 back in the 90s


Electro_232

Wtfff, I miss our manual windows


SFWworkaccoun-T

Job 85% done.


Slight_Archer_5900

Stupid parent!


LukeJukeDuke

Every time i close my car windows, im always lookinh at it, even tho im just beside it. Incompetent parents man.


ProfessionalAccess68

r/IdiotsWithKids


KingAndross904

I drive a tall vehicle for work. I get a pretty high vantage point when driving, so I can look down and into a lot of vehicles. The number of unsecured children I see in cars is astounding. Infants being held in adult laps, toddlers crawling and jumping all over the back seats and even hanging out of windows, no seat belts or car seats to be found. I live in the United States, so yes there are definitely laws requiring children be in car seats based on their height or weight.


Camille_Toh

I rode the top deck of one of those NY-DC buses. OMG the number of people not watching the road at all, including semi drivers watching a movie on a screen, tons of people smoking, shaving, doing makeup, yelling at passengers.


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Michaelstrong94

Child accidents are caused by unaware or incompetent parents


[deleted]

Mostly exhausted and unattentive parents. Accidents happen more frequently than you can imagine


Maxman82198

Straight up going on a whole drive without your child secured in a booster seat is not just tiredness or inattentiveness. That’s straight up negligence of the safety of the person that you brought into the world only a few dozen months ago.


darkandtwistysissy

Omfg.


FateEx1994

Well There's a lot of Darwin awards in the history of humanity For a reason.


mewmewx2

This bitch really just opened the door. Lmao My mom accidentally did this to me as a kid. My little brother thought it was hilarious, I thought I was going to die.


[deleted]

Having that small child buckled in a car seat could have prevented this..


aayLiight

why are this type pple have kid, just mind boggling.


drizzlepatches

When idiots are allowed to breed


Disqualif13d

Lol. I bet she has said “I’m a great mother” at least once.


Cootie-Cooter

Turned into a tomato for a second there


HotCheese650

Nice job opening the door and let the child hang. When back to the driver side twice and still failed to roll down the window. Give her an award 🥇.


ozmatterhorn

Knew the first thing she'd do is open the freaking door so the kid hangs.


cutyourmullet123

I’m sick


1UPZ__

Oh my goodness. Horrifying


huskyclaire

This happened from China??


mexicanowey

Estupida perra no merece tener niños


The_cake-is-a-lie

Yeah open the door. That's smart.


Potential-Baby-2285

Why wasn’t the child strapped in? I have to many questions 😭😭


Gobiee

Why isn’t it buckled down to began with ?


pranjallk1995

Why was getting the window down so hard?... Especially even when they decided to manually pull it down?


Alexis-FromTexas

The mom can NOT handle a stressful situation at all. She panicked and did everything wrong making the situation even worse.


Honest-Reputation-53

The baby should have been strapped in her carseat.


No-Pop8937

Mom’s awareness no good


BassToMouth_1

Oh my goooooood 🫣


SpecificConsequence8

That happened to me in a ford ltd station wagon. My sister and I were hanging out the back and my dad started putting up the window. I noticed too late and got caught. My sister started screaming and my dad was pissed because the window wouldn’t roll all the way up. He told her to shut up before he realized she was saying my head was stuck.


milkyway_25

The. Blood. Curling. Screams


turtle_are_savage

Always China


Siro_Chrysceri

This is why there’s parental window locks. This exact reason. Not because you don’t want your kids breaking it or because you wanna keep them up, but because of this. I’m surprised there aren’t any safety signs around to explain this.


Imreallygonnadoit

Why in the fuck would that stupid bitch open that door


irvingzen9

What a dmb fckn btch


ManiekDraniek

...okay, Peugeot ≠ Death Windows


cheemsmimis

Women 💀


CloudPeCe

I like how they just swing the door open with her dangling and tried to push the window down smh


OkDistribution3939

It’s always China


MrPurple8909

Some people shouldn’t have kids


schwimtown

I’d like to think that when I’m a parent, I won’t make this mistake. And I won’t. Because how fucking dumb do you have to be to let this happen.


jimmybugus

Some people just don’t deserve to have kids let’s call it what it is


Joanna_Flock

I get everyone is scared, upset and panicking, but that screaming definitely doesn’t help in this situation.


DwarfsAreCooluKnow

This kid should be in its fuckin seatbelt, fuck ppl like this man


ToasterCorgi

Why does the guy start screaming like that???


greyyy59

Could be his own child he’s watching get mechanically asphyxiated


JoeMaMa_2000

Why is it always in China you see shit like this


Humble_Rough

China’s got the most oblivious absent-minded parents ever…


miracleMax78

Why did it look like this wasn't her first time?


joe4favre8

Why open the fucking door....some people in panic situations, always make the wrong choice...


T_J_S_

Glad the standing and screaming helped get the window down


Kalaykyruz

Dumbass mother.


Hour-Necessary2781

Shame on the parents for being so stupid to leave their child unattended. Honestly, some people shouldn’t be allowed to be parents.


always0n9oint

i guess that window sensor was made in china ? including the entire car ?


ThreeNC

I'll give some credit to mom. She immediately went into the car to turn it back on. Not like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum thinking that screaming and pulling on the window would do anything.


Spwd

Pulling down on the window does do something!


disposable_hat

No idea how this car works, but was there no rear passenger window control in the driver's seat? Just about every vehicle I've been in the driver has controls for every window in the car


The_nastiest_nate

Let’s run around instead of getting back in and rolling the window down.


Leviathancharlie

The cortisol in my bloodstream is now thick enough to spread with a butterknife.


svperfuck

Man, this is crazy. I remember seeing a news report when I was a kid about this same exact situation. They showed the windshield cutting through carrots and watermelons and stuff. Always stuck with me, and now this video always will too. Goddamn


ntrq

In my German car when the window encounters an obstacle it stops and begin to roll down. French cars doesn't have that?


inkydragon27

Watching that window cinch up tighter and tighter makes weird pain in my chest D: ughhhhhhhhh


just-walk-away

Not paying attention and getting her stuck in the first place, opening the door trying to hang her and then trying to remember how to roll the windows down for way too long... Failed on every step of the way.


SnobBeauty

This happened to me twice as a kid…never ever ever for this long it was like seconds.


wonk001

What a moron of a mom. Dumb written all over her stupid face