Tag Archives: Driving

Five Must Haves For Your Travel Emergency Kit

Travel safety is at the forefront of any parent’s mind.

Just think about it: how much time do you spend in the car with your kids?

On an average week, between driving them to and from school and activities, to friends’ houses, and to visit family, I probably spend a good 8 hours a week in the car with my kids.

That’s a lot of car time.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, everything will be fine. Every so often there are things that happen, no matter how careful we are. Accidents happen. You will run out of gas. You will get lost.

A tire will blow on the interstate and you’ll be stranded there with a toddler for a few hours waiting for roadside assistance (ask me how I know).

Last week on our way home from school, someone made an illegal left hand turn and the car behind us had to swerve violently to miss our van as well as the left turner. It was scary, and close, and got me thinking:

Are we prepared in case of an emergency? Continue reading

Safe Travels: Three Tips on Making Travel With Your Kids Safe and Fun

As a children’s accessory company, we are passionate about kids – and their safety!

We know that as parents, your number one priority is keeping your children safe. At Star Kids Products, our mission is to create travel accessories that are fun and safe for your children to use.

There are several steps you can take to maximize your children’s safety while traveling. We’d like to take this opportunity to share with you three ways to do just that!travelsafely Continue reading

Three Tips To Make Family Travel Easier – Guest Post

This post was submitted by Ashley at Ashley Does: Definitely Not It All

Have you ever had the crazy idea to take your small children on a road trip?

Because really what could go wrong with tiny humans locked in a car for an extended period of time?

We have always been a family who travels via car so when the opportunity came up to attend Perfectly Posh’s Ultimate Day Away we decided to make it a family affair.

As such, all five of us took a road trip to Salt Lake City this past weekend.

Seven and a half tiny hours in the van with three kids. Each way.

We survived – and came out of it with some tips and tricks to make your next family road trip a success! Continue reading

Snack & Play Travel Tray 2.0 Awarded Tillywig Toys’ Parents’ Favorite Product Award!

We are so excited and honored to announce that Tillywig Toys has awarded the Snack & Play Travel Tray V 2.0 with the Parents’ Favorite Product Award for 2016!
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Tillywig Toys Awards Program highlights the best of the best in children’s products, baby and parenting products, and educational products available in today’s market. Awards are given based on group tests that evaluate quality, efficiency, entertainment value, and/or educational value of each product. You can view the entire list here.

The Parents’ Favorite Award is granted to products in the parenting and children’s categories that enhance the quality of daily life. This year, we are proud to be recognized as one of the top kids’ travel accessories for the variety of ways the Snack & Play Travel Tray V 2.0 can help make travel with children easier and more manageable!

 

This post was originally published October 10th by Snack and Play Travel Tray

How Close Is Your “Driving Age” To Your Real Age? Find Out With This Reactions Test

Need to prove you don’t drive like an old granny? This game could be for you. All you need to do is hit the keyboard the moment you see the red stop sign and it guesses your age based on your reaction time.

The game was created by JustPark, a London startup that specializes in pre-bookable parking. To create the algorithm which determines your driving age, they recorded the reaction times of 2,000 people aged 18 and above.

The Daily Mail reported some of the other findings of the survey. People who drink one to five cups of tea or coffee tended to have better reactions, and heavy drinkers – those who consume between 31 and 40 units of alcohol a week – had slower reactions. Perhaps equally unsurprising, drivers who used their car most regularly had better reaction times. In the battle of the sexes, men came out on top with an average of 547 milliseconds, compared to the women’s average of 566 milliseconds

Weirdly, left-handed people had an average time of 461 milliseconds, compared to their right-handed counterparts at 525 milliseconds.

To play the game, just click start and hit the keyboard as soon as the red stop sign appears. Check it out below.

Click Here to play the game!