On Tuesday, October 8, a couple, I presume husband and wife and a small child, drove into the Northmead Square parking area in a metallic orange vehicle.
The wife, in the front passenger seat, had the small child standing on her lap.
The husband, driving, then pulled into a parking spot and I approached them.
I asked the woman if she knew that she was putting the child’s life in danger by not securing the child in a safety seat in the back.
Her reply was, yes she knew the danger, but the child made a fuss and a noise being in the back and this bothered them.
She then told me to mind my own business and not to interfere with their actions and her husband then swore and told me to f#@k off.
As we drove off to leave, my wife politely said to them that they acted irresponsibly and the man then told her also to f#@k off.
This couple, with their dangerous action and attitude towards the small child and to people concerned with the safety of the child, chose the potential death of the child over the inconvenience of the child’s noisy behaviour.
I challenge this couple to answer this letter and defend their action towards the child by publishing this in the Benoni City Times.
I want couples to know that if someone points out a dangerous situation like this to them, that it is only for the protection of the child and to react the way this couple did is atrocious.
We must stop this sickness from creeping into our society, as this tendency of non-restraint of children in vehicles is becoming prevalent.
