This is the shocking moment a man strapped his one-month-old baby to the steering wheel of a car .
But social workers in Taiwan say they are not taking any action over the motorist, who was filmed as he turned the wheel of the vehicle while his baby son was attached.
The short video clip, which quickly went viral in Taiwan and China, shows dad Yong Liao, 39, strapping the one-month-old baby to the steering wheel after stopping at a service station in western Taiwan's Miaoli county.
Filmed by the baby's mother, Xia Lung, 34, the clip was then posted online, but the mother quickly took it down again after receiving a barrage of criticism.
She wrote: "I don't know what everyone is complaining about, we weren't on the main road at the time, we were only in a service station."
But when this quote led to more criticism from online users, she removed the video and deleted the comments.
Despite this, social workers have said they will not be taking any action over the incident.
Wang Wei-Jun, the director of the Taiwanese Committee for the Improvement of Children's Rights, said: "Looking at the video, it does not seem as if there is intentional abuse of the child, although I think it's fair to say that the parents are a bad example for others and that the activity is certainly dangerous."
But social workers in Taiwan say they are not taking any action over the motorist, who was filmed as he turned the wheel of the vehicle while his baby son was attached.
The short video clip, which quickly went viral in Taiwan and China, shows dad Yong Liao, 39, strapping the one-month-old baby to the steering wheel after stopping at a service station in western Taiwan's Miaoli county.
Filmed by the baby's mother, Xia Lung, 34, the clip was then posted online, but the mother quickly took it down again after receiving a barrage of criticism.
She wrote: "I don't know what everyone is complaining about, we weren't on the main road at the time, we were only in a service station."
But when this quote led to more criticism from online users, she removed the video and deleted the comments.
Despite this, social workers have said they will not be taking any action over the incident.
Wang Wei-Jun, the director of the Taiwanese Committee for the Improvement of Children's Rights, said: "Looking at the video, it does not seem as if there is intentional abuse of the child, although I think it's fair to say that the parents are a bad example for others and that the activity is certainly dangerous."
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