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Keeping Kids Safe in the Carpool Lane
Sep 19 2008 by Sara Lacey
9/19/08
Remember to Keep it All Business While ’Pooling
With the school year in full swing, now’s a good time to review carpool safety tips for all you ’poolers out there.
Before Carpooling
• Do not carry more children than you have proper seating, booster seats and seat belts for.
• Set rules for proper behavior in your car.
• Let the other carpoolers make and enforce their own rules.
In the Carpool Lane, It’s All Business
• Stay in your vehicle while waiting for your kids.
• Drive slowly and look out for meandering kids (my child’s school reminds parents to “assume a child might unexpectedly walk into the [parking] lot or carpool lane.”)
• Always have kids enter and exit your car on the curb side.
• Listen to your Carpool Captains.
• Don’t chat with drivers in the carpool lane. Remember, it’s all business in the carpool lane.
• Drive slowly. Did we say that already?
Do you have additional tips? Share with all of us in the comments section below. For more information on carpooling, read MotherProof.com’s carpooling etiquette tips and ways to keep busy in the carpool lane.
