A children's battery car waiting for customers to arrive
Some children are driving alone
Warm reminders are posted on the children's battery car
For safety, parents and children crowd in the car
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In some shopping malls, children's battery cars may carry the sound of music, or drivers are constantly shouting, customers hear it and rush to avoid, but the children or parents driving these children's battery cars do not realize that their behavior makes customers feel very worried.
Children's battery cars passing freely in the mall may be in the eyes of merchants to increase the popularity of the mall and increase income, but have they considered that this move will affect the mood of some customers to shop and shop.
Children's battery cars enter the mall
In recent years, many children's battery cars have been stationed in some shopping malls in our city and have become one of the business projects. At first, people felt that it was quite a novelty to see that these children's battery cars with children or parents helping to control the steering wheel were not fast, especially the kind of "small trains" driven by special people and carrying multiple passengers, so that customers who were shopping stopped and watched.
However, since the incident of a children's battery car in a shopping mall in a foreign city that injured the child, customers began to pay attention to its safety when they saw these children's battery cars in the mall.
"Even if it's not fast, it hurts to hit it. What if an old person or child gets knocked down?" Some customers are skeptical.
On the first floor of the Saltu Wanda Plaza mall, a row of children's battery cars are parked waiting for customers to arrive. A few days ago, Ms. Wang, who lives in the Wanda community, took her grandson to the mall, and the child wanted to play on the children's battery car, but Ms. Wang could not drive the battery car, and she was worried that the child was too small to control herself, but if she didn't let the child play, the child cried and didn't leave. Ms. Wang had to call the child's father, who arrived after work and drove a children's battery car with the child before the child was willing to go home. As for driving children's battery cars into shopping malls to attract business, Ms. Wang feels that this practice is not appropriate.
Ms. Wang thinks that the merchant said that older children can control these children's battery cars themselves, but in case some children's battery cars hit and hurt people, will the merchant bear this responsibility?
The driver is responsible for the "accident"
"Not only is the children's battery car business in the mall like this, but even the public passages in some shopping malls have been drawn with simulated scenes such as gas stations, signal posts, car washes, etc., and the driving lanes have been drawn on the ground. Children's battery cars encounter pedestrians while driving, and will honk their horns to urge them to give way, shopping in such an environment, will make people feel very uncomfortable, and even have the idea of not wanting to continue shopping. Ms. Wang said.
On August 27, the reporter first came to the first floor of the Saltu Wanda Plaza shopping mall reflected by Ms. Wang, and did not see a "small train" that could carry passengers. These battery cars have different styles, and each car has two warm reminders on the operator's console.
On a children's battery car named "Spider-Man", a warm reminder reads: Customers should pay attention to safety when starting the car Damaged items will be compensated according to the price. Another warm reminder: Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by their parents, and they are responsible for causing damage to the car or other people's belongings or causing injuries to others during driving.
Seeing a parent walking over with his child, a vehicle manager stepped forward to inform him that the charging standard of these children's battery cars was 30 yuan for driving for 10 minutes.
The boy brought by the parent looked seven or eight years old. Although vehicle managers cautioned that it was best to be accompanied by a parent, the boy said he could do it without his mother. Seeing the prompt in the car, the child's mother felt a little uneasy, but the mother and son could not squeeze into the car. The mother discussed with the child to change to a children's battery car with a large space, but the boy fell in love with the one he chose.
Customers give way to the battery car
"They say that the speed is not fast, these children's battery cars are not risky, why do you push the responsibility out on the warm reminder?" Isn't it because you know that driving a children's battery car in the mall has safety risks, but you don't want to take responsibility?" One parent guessed.
On the first floor of the Salto Wanda Plaza shopping mall, the head of a family said that there are now such children's battery cars in many shopping malls in our city, which look soft and cute, in fact, they are also "lethal". There are many customers in the mall, especially on weekends, many parents bring their children to the mall, and these children's battery cars in the mall do not limit the driving area, but pass freely in the flow of people, once they avoid hitting people in time, it will be very troublesome to deal with.
"I don't know if these children's battery cars are insured?" Some parents questioned. Not far away, under an elevator, the reporter saw 3 children's battery cars, charging through a plug-in row, and did not see anyone guarding here.
Subsequently, the reporter came to the third floor of Yiteng Commercial Capital, just encountered a children's battery car passing by, the car was a boy driving alone, not fast, when encountering someone in front, he would press the horn to remind him to give way, and several ladies coming from the opposite side quickly avoided getting out of the way.
At the same time, the reporter saw that every other distance, there were gas stations, car washes and other scenes on the public passage in the mall, and signal lights were also set at each intersection, plus the driving lanes drawn on the ground, the whole scene was very realistic. Many shops such as physical training shops, puzzle centers, and music education surrounded by the driving lane have become "props" for these children's battery cars to play the street scene.
"Speed limits" are also not absolutely safe
Parents and children entering and exiting these "props" should pay attention to the children's battery cars that may come at any time to avoid bumps.
At the children's battery car management office, there are staff sorting out the children's battery car that has just been parked. In the meantime, some parents lead their children to inquire about prices, apply for cards or start vehicles. Because most of the children are not very old, they are accompanied by their parents in children's battery cars. Among them, some parents really can't squeeze into the car, so they can only put their legs on the outside of the car.
When the reporter asked whether these children's battery cars were insured, a staff member who was sorting out the children's battery cars looked at the reporter and asked, "Do you want to drive"?
For some elderly people who accompany their children to class, this kind of children's battery car should be placed in outdoor open places such as squares and parks, and should not enter the mall, the main reason is that they feel unsafe. If a child mistakes the accelerator for a brake, it is still dangerous. Moreover, some children who drive alone cannot have a strong sense of safety like adults, and they will ignore it once they are happy.
When it comes to safety issues, vehicle managers say that these children's battery cars are "speed limited" and cannot be driven fast.
For the warm reminder on the children's battery car, the public believes that once the "accident" such as the children's battery car hits people or destroys objects really occurs, even if the vehicle manager pushes it clean, he needs to bear the corresponding responsibility, after all, these accidents are caused by the driving environment.
Since these children's battery cars are charged, vehicle managers should provide a relatively safe and suitable environment.
For the child's parents, whether it is to accompany the child, or the child drives the children's battery car alone, it is necessary to fulfill the responsibility of supervision, especially considering that in such an environment, the child may bump into others while driving, and pay for the child to play, so it is natural to bear the corresponding responsibility.
At the same time, remind customers that when shopping in shopping malls with children's battery cars "operating", they must avoid it in time to prevent accidents and injuries.
Text/Photo Daqing Daily All Media Reporter Gu Shumin