Stops
How often to stop
Driver fatigue research sets a floor. Children set a shorter one. Fortunately an electric car wants to stop at roughly the same interval.
Long drives with children, planned properly
The difference between a bearable drive and a terrible one is almost entirely planning, and most of what needs planning has been studied.
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What actually matters
Sickness
Travel sickness
Antihistamines have Cochrane-level evidence; scopolamine has been meta-analysed. Most of what is sold alongside them has neither.
Safety
Car seats and crash injury
Correct restraint use is among the largest single interventions in child road safety.
Screens
Screens in the car
They help with boredom and can worsen motion sickness. The trade-off is real and the direction depends on the child.
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