The Child Safety Campaign (CSC), a subsidiary of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah (SCFA), has begun to implement the first phase of two studies that seek to measure parents’ awareness on children’s vehicle safety and cyber security, in cooperation with the Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD).

The two surveys come in line with the campaign’s dedication to promote awareness about children’s physical and psychological safety and security. The survey results will offer a fully integrated database to measure the indicators of children’s safety in vehicles and internet usage, as well as identify common safety measures that parents take to protects their kids.

The first survey seeks to measure parents’ awareness about traffic regulation and laws on car seats and seatbelts, and whether parents conform to those laws. It also promotes awareness on the fundamentals of road safety, and the Federal Traffic Law amendments in 2016 that made it mandatory for toddlers aged up to 6 years to use car seats, and for children aged 7-10 years to sit in the back seat of the vehicle.