The kids are packed up, sitting on the suitcases, and ready for fun on the road. As the person in charge, you have a few things to do before getting under way. Don't carry an unsecured item bigger than a coloring book.
Loose objects become projectiles in a collision.
Put them in the trunk. Fasten your seat belt, and have the kids fasten theirs. Tell them it's the grown-up thing to do, says J. Wilfrid Gagen, a safety writer and broadcaster for National Pubic Radio. Tell them they can't operate power windows. They could get pinched.