Does having children make us better or worse drivers?

You sit in front of the wheel, it's 8:30 in the morning, you have a meeting at 9:00 and 40 minutes on the way, you're not going to arrive ... Well, if you run maybe you can do it at 30, if there is luck and There is not much jam. You put on your belt, you turn on the car, the radio sounds, you look in the rearview mirror to see if someone is coming and that is when you see that pair of little heads stuffed in caps and scarves with more sleep than you… You're going to be late, now you're sure. The insurance companies say that fathers and mothers are not bad drivers, I suppose if they compare us with twenty-something behind the wheel of cars with hundreds of horses, even Steve Wonder could be a better driver (yes, it is possible and quite likely to find some very young responsible) But is it true? Does having children make us better or worse drivers?

Our children, dangerous distractions or help to step on the brake?

I have to recognize that I am not the same driver if I go alone in the car or accompanied and within those assumptions it is not the same if my children are in the car or if I listen to one music or another, or if we go or return on vacation. It is not the same when I took my son for months with me alone in the car and began to cry that when my wife came.

I also personally know fathers and mothers (my wife among them) who have significantly changed the way of driving, moving to a quieter way and being more aware of everything, that is, ** we have stepped on the brake when going in the car, ** whether we are alone or accompanied.

However, I consider that children can be a distraction and sometimes very dangerous, the cries, the fights in the back area, the screams, that piece that you have no idea how it has gone to the hands or mouth of the child , etc. There are many things that can cause us to lose our concentration on the road and get scared.

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So being a driver with children is a continuous pulse between the responsibility of reaching the end of a safe and sound path and that of arriving sane (and listening to "let it go" 30 times is not the best way to get it).

Anything to keep them distracted on the trip

Traveling by car with a couple with children is one of the most horrific experiences imagined by someone who has not yet done so, a masterpiece of Dadaism. Well, the trip will take place in a chorus of voices singing uncontrollably phrases like: "When we arrive", "it is a long way", "I get bored", "has it been an hour?", "How many kilometers have we been?", "Can't you go faster?", "Dad / Mom you go very fast "," put it on again "," joooo, that nooooo "," now it's my turn "," I'm dizzy "," I'm hungry / thirsty / poop / pee "," he's hitting me / insulting / sticking out his tongue / pinching / splashing / looking / breathing "," what did the signal say? (just the one you passed ten minutes ago) "

If you want to see how this is but do not dare to try it, print the previous sentences and repeat them randomly every 10 minutes during the first 40 minutes, then every 5 minutes in the next hour and we will finish every half minute until you ask the one to read Get out of the car. Just then you can get an idea that you will still have a minimum of half an hour of travel.

I have always believed that if you are able to endure a four-hour journey without losing your cool, you will be able to drive under a bombing.

Well, I hope this does not make you feel very afraid of travel, the truth is that there are times that can be fun. Here you have a video of a famous insurer that is part of its responsible parents campaign. I hope you like it.

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