Miros system to curb children forgotten in cars in the works

KUALA LUMPUR: A system called MyCINTA is in the works to curb incidents of children being forgotten in cars, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

He said the system is being developed by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research

“The target for 2024-2025 in relation to the MyCINTA system is to complete the design refinement process to increase the system’s capabilities in terms of hardware and programming,” said Loke in a parliamentary written reply dated June 27.

He added that the Miros Children in Vehicle Tracking and Alerting System (MyCINTA) is expected to undergo design refinement this year.

Loke then said that the system will have to undergo standard and regulatory compliance testing, quality assurance and other related certifications before it can be used widely.

The prototype for the system was launched by the Transport Ministry through the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research in 2023.

The system has the capability to track the presence of a child in a vehicle once the engine is turned off.

An automatic alert will then be issued to the driver or emergency contact through a phone call or the application.

According to police data, there were a total of 14 cases of children left in vehicles since 2020.