Tell travelling children not to distract the driver - distract them with clothes, post 407

 

I remember seeing signs at the front of buses where people would stand and talk to the driver. The signs said:

DO NOT DISTRACT THE DRIVER !

You can buy these signs from Amazon.

When getting into a car with children in the back, either a parent sits at the back, or if the children are over toddler age tell them not to distract the driver.

If they are distracting, stop until they calm down. Keep their seats apart, on either side with a gap in the middle.

Children should not be hitting each other in the back of a car. 

Prevention is better than cure. You can buy dividers to separate children in the back seat.

Nor should children lark about, run zig zagging along when running along a street because drivers thinking the children will run into the road may swerve and hit other traffic..\

Running and waving arms about also distracts other pedestrians who wonder if they will be deliberately hit by aggressive people, or accidentally tripped up.

You can keep children busy with an activity, such as a video.

I Spy Jean

Or play, I-spy, looking out of opposite windows, one child to the left, the other to the right. Spot somebody wearing jeans. Spot somebody wearing a hat. I spy a shop window with clothes.

Or washable colouring pencils and a book. 



Colour Your Own Pyjamas

Or colour your own pyjamas, from the company Not on the high street.

Baby Clothes Quiet books

You can make a baby clothes quiet book. Find stained clothes which are not good enough to give away or sell. attach them firmly to the pages of a book you make from card. Use lots of clothes with snaps and buttons and velcro. Make them like an advent calendar with items hidden in the pockets. 

.Useful Website

Colouring Pyjamas

https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/selfieclothingco/product/unicorn-colour-in-pyjamas-with-fabric-pens?\

Baby Clothes Quiet books

http://www.piecesbypolly.com/2012/12/fast-easy-quiet-book-made-from-baby.html

Distracted Driver Report & Passenger Fatalities

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14003427/Siblings-killed-mom-distracted-Arizona-Ty-Porter.html

Warning Sign For Passengers

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Distract-Security-Passenger-Protection-Landscape/

Back Seat Divider To Separate Children

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jet-Creations-Inflatable-Backseat-Divider/dp/

Other Driver Distractions Separation & Safety

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_traffic_safety

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