I just read about a new study that determined that new mothers are three times as likely as the average driver to get into an accident. Ten percent of new mothers had an accident with a baby on board! Overtiredness, distraction, you name it: some of the reasons are obvious ones. I have to say, when we were thinking over our move to England, expecting a new baby, I remember sighing with relief: “At least this time I won’t have to drive for awhile after having the baby.” I can think of a number of occasions in Ithaca when Sydney, with Katherine in tow, drove me to school so that I could teach.
Erin
Alan Schmierer