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Safe Driving Tips during Pregnancy

Driving while pregnant is fine, as long as your pregnancy is not problematic. Below are tips on safe driving during pregnancy:

The first trimester:

  1. Usually you have morning sickness. During the condition of the body is not fit, because these disorders nausea and vomiting, you better not drive by yourself.
  2. The contents of the stomach before going. An empty stomach can trigger nausea.
  3. Bring water and snacks for the “friends” trip.
  4. If there is no food, you can suck candy ginger or lemon-flavored candy to relieve nausea.
  5. Provide plastic bags to anticipate if you vomit.
  6. If you drive by yourself suddenly want to vomit, dizziness, or other complaint, immediately set aside in a safe vehicle. If the condition is severe, call your husband or friend to help you.

Second trimester

If you do a long trip then:

  1. Perform a complete inspection of the health condition of the womb and yourself
  2. Stop several times about 10-15 minutes, especially if the spine and the back of the body start aching.
  3. Come down from the car, a short walk and do stretching and other things that can make you relax.

Third trimester

  1. In order not sore, prop your hips with a pillow
  2. If sitting in the front seat, slide seat toward the back so your feet spacious.
  3. Avoid the stress of traffic jams by listening to the radio or your favorite song.

Tips Safe Driving at Night

At night, the ability to catch the eye spacing, color, and viewing angle is much reduced. In addition, increasing age, the less the ability to use his eyes. Another problem that hit the night riders were exhausted. Here’s miraculous night driving tips:

1. Preparation

Prepare vehicle for night travel. Besides ascertained headlights and rear lights turn on with normal and clean. The entire outside and inside the glass must also be clean.

2. Turn on high beam

If you doubt there is “something” in front, turn on high beam. Distant lights help you see clearly and make other motorists know that there are vehicles that you drive.

3. Slow down and keep your distance

Reduce speed and add distance to the car in front or behind. At night is more difficult to measure the distance of other cars.

4. Stop in a safe place

Make sure you can stop in the area illuminated by the headlights of your own. If not, you will not be time to put the brakes if something had suddenly appeared.

5. Switch the view to the left side

If the vehicle from the front of the dazzling lights, do not look forward but look to the left side of the road to guide the direction. This is to avoid the light blinded you.

Tips for Choosing the Right Car for Families

If you want to buy a car for the family, following these tips you should know:

1. Ensuring Safety (Safety First)

You will definitely bring your children to travel together, and do not forget the equipment they have, such as toys, bags, and so forth. So safety is always priority, although every car is equipped with safety standards that exist.

2. Test Drive or Safety Test

Do a test drive before buying a car, either a new car or second car, make sure everything is functioning properly, starting from the interior, engine, steering, and other car parts. It is better to ask about our safety test at a car dealership in question, whether already passed the safety test or not.

3. Safety air bags

The car with the air bag has started production since 1998 and usually there are air pockets in the front of the car. Although the air bag is working to save the passengers (according to the survey, air bag may reduce the risk of accidents by 30% in adults), but can also injure children.

4. Seat belt

Should install seatbelts in every seat, both front seats, middle and rear seats. Make sure that you plug the seat belt can be adjusted also for children’s sizes.

5. Anti-lock brakes

The brake system will generally lock / brakes on a slippery road and can cause car slipped. Today, however, can be equipped with ABS system (Anti-lock Braking System), which can be locked when the car skidded and the car remains in a state controlled.

6. Safety Door and Window Locks

Make sure the car is equipped with Safety Door and Window Locks so you can ensure children are always safe in the car at all times.

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