Since becoming a parent do you drive more safely?
No more speeding through yellow and running red lights, no crazy U-turns, no weaving in and out of lanes, no excessive speeding, no tailgating or road rage, no texting or reading apps, no eating and applying make up, no more rolling through stop signs and barely braking braking before turns, no more signal-less turns, no more seatbelt-less rides etc.
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nectarine / 2886 posts
I most definitely stopped driving through yellow lights! And tailgating too.
pomegranate / 3383 posts
Meh. I drive pretty much the same. I didn't really do most of the things you listed but I wouldn't consider myself a super safe goody-goody driver either. I still drive over the speed limit, run yellows on occasion, and 'encourage' slower cars to move over when they're driving in the wrong lane :). I consider myself a defensive driver!
eggplant / 11824 posts
I do drive a little safer when LO is in the car with me. I am a defensive driver; but I never tailgated before LO (tailgating annoying the hell out of me) and I always wear my seat-belt and use my turn signal (another pet peeve of mine haha). When LO is with me I do speed less and run fewer yellows and I try to never text/check email while I drive. When she isn’t with me; I still do all the things I’m not supposed to do, including texting. I still eat in the car with or without LO; when mama's hungry - mama's eating! 
ETA: I still swear at other drivers when LO is with me; which I am trying (and so far, failing) to work on!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I'm not afraid to say I was a horrible driver before DD came into our lives, I was a road ragging, speeding, tailgating fool. Now I'm still vocal when driving, but it is because other people are doing those things! I have never been one to text/read/drive so that didn't change. I do catch myself getting frustrated with other drivers when I see poor choices, especially if they have children in the car. Oh how the tides have changed 
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I've always been a safe driver but I keep my road rage to myself these days!
grapefruit / 4187 posts
I'm a very cautious and safe driver so I will not have to change.
My BIL though is another story. When we went to visit him after his daughter was born, with all of us in the car he was the craziest, most angry and aggressive driver I've ever seen in my life. Doing 90 down the highway when the speed limit was 65, right on everyone's a$$ in the fast late and honking when they wouldn't get out of his way. I thought we were going to die and I actually refused to get in the car again if he was driving, that's how bad it was. His 1 month old daughter was in the car!!!
pomelo / 5524 posts
I'm definitely a safer driver with LO in the car. I don't speed or take those risky turns anymore. I'd rather just wait or be late for wherever I'm going.
squash / 13199 posts
Yes I am a much safer driver and i dont get angry or honk at people who cut me off. I just calmly give them space
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