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Toddler killed by car sparks debate on parenting and road safety<br/>A 2-year-old toddler in Lu’an city, Anhui Province, was killed after being run over by a car in a residential area while the child’s mother was focused on her phone, last Tuesday.   In video footage, that went viral on Sunday, the toddler could be seen wandering into the road, while the mother was just a few steps away apparently preoccupied by her mobile phone. A parked black car on the side of the road then starts to move and runs the child over.   The mother and the driver immediately went to check on the toddler, and rushed the child to the hospital, but unfortunately doctors couldn’t save the 2-year-old’s life.   The tragedy has triggered heated discussions on Chinese social networks about cellphones and parenting. While some say the mother should have paid more attention to her kid instead of staring at her cellphone, others argue it’s impossible for parents to keep their kids by their side at all times. Meanwhile, some said it was the drivers’ responsibility to watch out for kids, or any person, that may be in the road.   “Some parents just take the roads as their own backyard…” commented @Jinyuliangyang.   “But they were in their residential neighborhood. Isn’t it horrible that your kids’ lives are so easily in danger even if you get distracted for a moment in your own residential community?” argued @1066672990.   “The driver and the parent both have responsibilities. The mother should pay more attention to her kid instead of looking at cellphone all the time, and the driver should check around before starting the car,” wrote @SXXZbaihuaishidai.   The issue of people paying too much attention to their cellphones has become a serious problem in China recently. Earlier this year a woman drowned after falling into a canal, due to being preoccupied with her phone, had sparked heated debate online. However the issue of road safety is also an important one in China with the toddler’s death being far from an isolated incident. In 2015 the World Health Organization published a report estimating that 10,000 children die from road traffic accidents in China every year. Just one day before the accident in Lu’an occurred, a little girl died in a similar accident in Shaanxi Province. The driver said he didn’t see the girl in front of his car, and thought he had just hit a speed bump.                                                     Last August, a driver in Jiangxi Province accidentally knocked over and killed his own son, because he didn’t notice the 2-year-old had suddenly run to the rear of the car when he put the car into reverse.   A traffic warden told CCTV that there exist “blind spots” that even the most experienced drivers can come across, and the only measure they can take to avoid such tragedies is to pay close attention before and during driving – such as walking around the car to check before getting into the car; sticking their heads out of the car window to check before starting the cars; and slowing down while driving in residential areas. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVNEWSbeijing Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvnews-app/id922456579?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imib.cctv Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvnewschina Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCTVNEWS Google+: https://plus.google.com/+CCTVNEWSbeijing Tumblr: http://cctvnews.tumblr.com/ Weibo: http://weibo.com/cctvnewsbeijing

Great White Shark Cage Breach Accident<br/>**This may not be appropriate for our younger viewers.** This is not our usual kids content and Gabe and Garrett did not go on this trip, this video is from my trip to Guadalupe Island (I'm their dad). On a recent great white shark cage diving trip we experienced a very rare event, a shark breaching the side of the cage. What might appear to be an aggressive great white shark trying to attack the cage, this is not the case. These awesome sharks are biting at large chunks of tuna tied to a rope. When a great white shark lunges and bites something, it is temporarily blinded. They also cannot swim backwards. So this shark lunged at the bait, accidentally hit the side of the cage, was most likely confused and not able to swim backwards, it thrust forward and broke the metal rail of the cage. There was a single diver inside the cage. He ended up outside the bottom of the cage, looking down on two great white sharks. The diver is a very experienced dive instructor, remained calm, and when the shark thrashed back outside the cage, the diver calmly swam back up and climbed out completely uninjured. The boat crew did an outstanding job, lifting the top of the cage, analyzing the frenzied situation, and the shark was out after a few long seconds. Everyone on the boat returned to the cages the next day, realizing this was a very rare event. The boat owner, captain, and crew are to be commended for making what could've been a tragic event into a happy ending. I'm sure God and luck had a bit to do with it too! I want to return next year for another great white shark adventure! FYI, being a kids channel, bad language in the comments gets caught in the filter. Follow Gabe and Garrett on social media! FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GabeAndGarrett INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/gabe_and_garrett TWITTER: https://twitter.com/gabe_n_garrett Thank you for watching the Gabe and Garrett Channel!

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