According to AAA, 46.9 million Americans traveled 50 miles or more during Thanksgiving of 2015. This year as family eagerly anticipate visiting loved ones and relatives for the Thanksgivings/Christmas holidays, at least as many people are expected to take to the roadways. Added to this, as it is every year, is the stress of packing, finding a house sitter, making reservations, planning out the best route(s) etc. However, perhaps nothing is as stress producing for parents of young children as the anxiety that comes with traveling with toddler, infants and small kids. This anxiety can itself be a hazard to safe driving as parents attempt to entertain, appease and control their children during long interstate journeys. That is why we at Pacific Driver Education offer the following advice for parents traveling with small children during the holiday season.
