BabyDrive Articles

Here’s a handy guide to seven-seat family SUVs that will fit a tandem stroller in the boot when you are using all seven seats Read More

Here is a simple guide with measurements of all the child seats used by BabyDrive so you can compare them to the measurements of your child seats and see if your child’s restraint will fit in the car you have, or the car you are looking at buying Read More

Here’s a list of practical family seven- or eight-seater cars that you do not have to remove a child seat to access the third row, as having to remove them in order to climb through to the third-row seats then that just really isn’t practical for any parent on a daily basis Read More

If you are wondering if your child’s pram or stroller will fit in the boot, here is a simple guide with the measurements of all the products we use Read More

Australia’s top two best-selling cars are utes, but installing child seats in them can be super difficult because commercial vehicles have different rules to cars for child restraint anchorages Read More

The main reasons I find three child seats will not fit across the back seat of a car are either the vehicle simply isn’t wide enough, the rear seat bases aren’t wide enough or the seat bases or backs are too sculpted for three child seats to fit! Read More

There are many seven or eight-seater cars on the market today that you would presume you would be able to fit five child seats in, but as I have found in my testing this is not the case! Read More

There are many seven or eight-seater SUV’s on the market today that you would presume you would be able to fit five child seats in, but as I have found in my testing this is not the case! Some will only hold three across the second-row of seats and they have no top tether or ISOFix in the third row at all. Read More

There are many seven or eight-seat SUVs on the market today that you would presume you would be able to fit five child seats in, but as I have found in my testing this is not the case! Read More

There are many five-seat SUVs on the market today that have three top tether points across the rear seats. So you would presume you would be able to fit three child seats across the rear seats, but as I have found in my testing this is not the case! Read More

Adaptive headlights give you a greater field of vision at night. The headlights automatically swivel as you turn the steering wheel to light the road in the direction you are travelling. This helps you see more of what might be around the corner as you are turning, it could be another car coming or a bike or a pedestrian. Read More

Electronic Stability Control helps you stay in control of your car when going around bends too fast and when you are steering hard, or serving during emergency maneuvers and can prevent you from veering off the road. Read More

When driving at night or in low light conditions, automatic dimming headlights will automatically switch your headlights between regular and high beam Read More

Parking sensors detect obstacles when you’re maneuvering at slow speeds, like parking for example. This is usually accompanied by beeping sounds which become closer together or louder the nearer you get to the object until you are so close a solid sound and flashing red bars mean impact is imminent. Read More

Adaptive cruise control allows you to set your speed and following distance so that when the vehicle in front speeds up or slows down so will your car, maintaining the distance you set. Read More

Forward collision warning helps prevent rear-end collisions by alerting the driver to a stopped car, object or impending collision ahead so that you can brake in time to avoid the collision or have slowed down and lessened the severity of an impact. Read More

Lane Keep Assist will steer your car back into your lane if it senses you start to drift out, often if you have not responded to a Lane Departure Warning alert via a visual display, a beep or alarm, or a vibration in your steering wheel or seat Read More

Rear cross traffic alert warns you when traffic approaches from either side when you are reversing, which is especially useful when reversing out of a driveway or car parking spaces. Read More