There are many lessons you should learn on defensive driving course. One of them is how to safely transport the members of your family, especially the youngest ones.  

Children and babies on board

 
You maybe wonder what the safest place in the car is. Half of the back seat is, statistically, the safest place in the car (the front and sides are more vulnerable in a case of accident) and generally has a waist belt (which is easier used for installation of a child seat with a three-point belt). If you take only one child in the car, half of the back seat is the best place unless the child is in a booster seat or supplement requiring seat belt has three points of articulation. Moreover, the front passenger’s seat is the most dangerous place in automobile, and is even more dangerous for young children when car is not equipped with an airbag for a passenger seat. If a child is old enough to travel facing forward, he or she must travel sitting in the front seat (where the entire space of back seat is reserved by other kids). The child must be secured properly by size and age, they should not be permitted to lean forward. Under no circumstances is traveling of a child in a car seat when looking back on the front seat of a car that is equipped with air bag. The strength of the swell could cause serious injury.

 
Defensive driving course lesson will provide you with some useful tips for traveling with the children. 

Tips for traveling in the car with children 

Never start the car until everyone has a seat belt. In case of accident, those who travel can be injured but can also become dangerous projectiles injuring others, especially young children. Never allow children to ride without a child seat security. An accident occurs in an instant and studies prove that it is more likely that a crash occurs on a short trip within the city, not in a long journey. Never ride with the child in the arms. No matter how hard you hold the child, you cannot keep it safe in case of accident.  

On the road, there are many blind spots. By taking defensive driving course you will learn how to handle with them.  

Blind spots

Although you continuously monitor the road using three mirrors, there are always be a small area for viewing angle which is not possible to be visualized by any of these mirrors. This is what is known as blind spot. This small area is immediately next to our car, but slightly back than what our peripheral vision allows us to see. This spot is the cause of many accidents. How many times have we heard “A car next to mine came from nothing.” We must take into consideration that in the case of the tractor trailers and trucks, this blind spot is even higher and the driver of such vehicles has more difficulties to see us precisely because of the height of the vehicle. You should be aware of this, so you can avoid an accident.