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Research has found that many drivers often don’t consider their own children to be a distraction.

The most frequent types of driver distraction include:

  • Turning to look at your child in the rear
  • seat or watching the rearview mirror (76.4%)
  • Talking to your child (16%)
  • Assisting your child (7%)

Research has found that children are in the incorrect position in the car for over 70% of the journey time. Restraining your child correctly may help to reduce driver distraction.

Studies have found that parents are trying to be a good driver AND a good parent at the same time. They are torn between looking after their child, and they struggle to put their child’s more immediate needs behind the task of safely driving the car.

While parents may have plenty of strategies when it comes to trying to keep control in the backseat, these solutions can often become distractions themselves.

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Check out these useful tips and advice on how you can avoid driver distraction

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We all want to keep our children safe in the car and that means giving the road our full attention. However, we are all guilty of getting distracted for even a second – whether it be attending to our crying children or fixing their seatbelts.

We want you to share with us the little things you have done that have distracted you from concentrating on the road. Let us know below and you’ll be entered into a draw to win a family weekend away.

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