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'Be smart, save lives': Shaniera Akram stresses on importance of seatbelts for children's safety

'Be smart, save lives': Shaniera Akram stresses on importance of seatbelts for children's safety

The activist posted screenshots of a crash test to show how seatbelts prevent serious injury.
05 Apr, 2022

Shaniera Akram takes road safety very seriously — she's brought up the importance of seatbelts on multiple occasions — and she's here with another reminder that seatbelts save lives.

The activist particularly referred to children in passenger seats left unsecured and posted a series of photos on her Instagram, featuring screenshots from a crash test video that was a depiction of the damage not wearing a seatbelt can cause.

"You think this can’t happen? Ask yourself who is responsible for your child’s life???! I counted 70 cars in defence this morning, 64 of them had children in the car without belts. Cars that have seatbelts in them. Why would anyone ever be stupid enough to risk their child’s life when travelling in a car if they didn’t have to?" Akram posed a rhetorical question to highlight how much of a difference a simple seatbelt can make.

"Let’s make this a happy Ramazan and make sure your kids are safe. Prevention is always better than 'I should have but didn’t'! Be smart, save lives. Put your kids in the back with a seatbelt on PLEASE," stressed the activist.

This is not the first time Akram pointed out ignorance of road safety rules. In July 2021, couple Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram posted Instagram stories of them enjoying a drive in the monsoon season with no seatbelts in sight. As an additional disappointment, Ikram was filming while driving. Akram called out the irresponsible behaviour but to no avail. In January this year, the newlyweds posted a video where they blatantly ignored road safety protocols once more with the added recklessness of having their niece on Ikram's lap as he drove.

Some people may take Akram's words lightly but that doesn't mean the activist will stop reminding people to stay safe and prevent damage to themselves or their loved ones. She posted a series of Instagram stories in July last year, shortly after schooling the couple to explain the matter in detail.

"I'm going to say this for those few people who still think they don't need a seatbelt on because they are just driving a short distance and/or they are only driving slowly," she wrote. "It doesn't matter what distance you are traveling or how fast you are going. All it takes is one car to hit your car and your life or your loved ones life could be over."

It takes only a few seconds to strap on a seatbelt — and it could save your life. Remember everyone, seatbelts are there for a reason!

Comments

Soniye Tu Auder Te La Apr 05, 2022 03:18pm
Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. That pretty much sums up her.
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Saira Khan Apr 05, 2022 04:08pm
@Soniye Tu Auder Te La even if she is saying something worthwhile and useful, you will find a way to bring a woman down.
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SachBol Apr 05, 2022 04:09pm
A very important topic to bring on in this callous society.
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Amber Apr 05, 2022 04:18pm
Please keep counting cars and stop getting cheap publicity.
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S.A Apr 05, 2022 04:21pm
@Soniye Tu Auder Te La Shame on you for trying to degrade a person who is trying to do something good.
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Ibrahim S Apr 05, 2022 04:29pm
@Soniye Tu Auder Te La - right , she is fair and you have a very dark complexion
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Truth be told Apr 05, 2022 04:39pm
Shut up. Don't become the nani huqqi of the town. No one has invited you to start preaching and demeaning our folk. Don't try to project Pakistan as a nation of illiterates and retards where you and your husband are the only educated Royals.
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Hippo Apr 05, 2022 04:52pm
She loves her celebrity status
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Syed Hasni Apr 05, 2022 05:51pm
We take our vitamins, we go to exercise class, we put on our seat belts. And then something blindsides us and gives the lie to our carefully constructed facade of safety. yeh jeenah bhi koi jeena hai lallo- I meant shaniera
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SachBol Apr 05, 2022 05:53pm
@Truth be told …why so snow flake? If someone is raising an important issue…kudos to him/her. By the way she is a resident of Karachi.
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Mazhar Apr 05, 2022 05:53pm
Thanks Shaneira for turning people's attention to a very important issue that most of us are too careless about in Pakistan. Traffic safety should be a part of course in schools.
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Zulfiqar Apr 05, 2022 07:05pm
@Truth be told I just hope you get to see a psychiatrist at some point in your life. The sooner the better
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SayNoToPlastics Apr 05, 2022 07:09pm
Mam, Let's try first to make sure vehicles have proper tyres and brakes , proper legal lights , proper steering and suspension components . Our governments are busy playing musical chairs and will never think about these trivial matters .
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ST Apr 05, 2022 07:10pm
She is just showing off her saree and that's it . What a drama queen l
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Nads Apr 05, 2022 08:04pm
My daughter nearly broke her nose on her first day to school because she unbuckled her seat belt and was leaning forward to fix the stereo, I had to break because of a bump in the road ar the same moment and she was flung forward and her nose hit the stereo!
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jaredlee007 Apr 05, 2022 08:17pm
She does not know that not using seat belt is as safe as, if not safer than, using a seatbelt. She just wants attention.
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Babar Apr 05, 2022 08:44pm
@Truth be told....I dont know about her, but Wasim is not educated, have you heard speak English? Furthermore, he lacks class, and remember money cannot buy class. Having said, he was probably the best left arm bowler of all time. With regards to Shaneira, she looks for and get free publicity, period, after all what else she she doing with her spare/free time?
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Jimmy Apr 05, 2022 11:06pm
Very nice suggestion, but over 98% of Pakistanis do not have luxury of owning automobiles. Majority with large families have no choice but to have 3-4 kids and their moms on a motorcycle. Nation will not lose much if 1% of the population have children in car not wearing seat belts.
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dhinchak Apr 06, 2022 12:04am
what an intelligent woman she is . Many things we have learned from her. Imagine if she was not here, how would we have faced life.
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M. Saeed Apr 06, 2022 12:26am
I was baffled to know that, every year, over 2,000 infants in the US are dead getting their head crushed in the closing car doors, while in their careless mother's lap. Just cannot imagine the horrors!
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GreenAura Apr 06, 2022 02:57am
Thank you Shaniera. You're heart is in the right place. Ignore the haters and keep doing what you do.
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Asim Apr 06, 2022 08:16am
@Syed Hasni So ignorat and insecure to put down an awareness attempt for the safety of our children.
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Asim Apr 06, 2022 08:17am
@Babar So ignorant. The message is about saftey of our children. Pay attention to that vs spewing out negativity because of your personal insecurities.
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Babar Apr 06, 2022 12:19pm
@Asim, No one is being ignorant, what I and others object to is being told by some foreigner, who happens to think she is miss knows it all...period. If this message came from the government or some government body, it would carry more weight, when it comes from C class, self-promoting celeb, who happens to be the wife of ex Pakistan cricketer, it carrys very little clout. For your info, wearing seat belt, its not just about safety of children alone, its about safety of all of the passenger, including the driver. Anyway, leave you it to defend you fave celeb!
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Babar Apr 06, 2022 12:24pm
@Asim, furthermore, there are far more dangers on the road, have you seen the state of the cars, most are mechanically road unworthy, bald tyres, ailing suspensions, lights not working, I could go on and on. Proper strategy and drives rules are needed and must be forced, don't need some half celeb telling people what to do because nobody will take notice of her. Before she married Wasim, had anyone heard of her? Now she is the darling of a few internet followers...comedy!
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Ping Apr 07, 2022 07:22am
@Jimmy Well said!
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Helping hands Apr 11, 2022 04:47pm
Poor Shaniera, even when she speaks sense, people water it down with their objections of her being a privileged white in an ocean of browns. I guess it's time for her to step up her critique of her home country and see if her people treat her the same way as those in her host country do. Will be a good comparative analysis.
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