Safety for Toddlers

I note that Kidsafe is campaigning for us all to back out of our garages more carefully to bring down the numbers of accidents to toddlers in driveways.

There is another tactic which would be effective too: Back in, Drive out.

When you jump into your car to rush off, you are not focussing on the driving, but when you come home you are more likely to be concentrating.

Before backing into your drive or garage, you automatically see the way clear before you change direction.

To reinforce this change in everyone’s habits, councils and private park operators should repaint angle parking areas so the rule becomes BACK IN, DRIVE OUT everywhere, not just in parallel parks.

This simple change should reduce the accident rate by half at least.