Look Before You Back Up
Assume There’s a Child In the Side or Back

I was at a parking lot once And I saw this happen The woman who was backing up her car Didn’t bother to look before it started moving Another instance another time My daughter was standing on the side of a car The man started backing up And very quickly moved out and got going Without looking for people on the sides Or children She got frightened And so did I She escaped that day by a few inches Thank God! Another day I was backing up my car When out of nowhere a child strolled casually on to the side It was my daughter’s preschool parking lot He had wandered from the back of his car I stopped right away Opened the door Got out of my car And went looking for his mom She was on the other side buckling up her other infant It happens y’all Many times Please look on all sides Before you press the reverse gear Keep clear of obstacles Especially lookout for kids Because they will be tiny And pretty easy to miss Or they might just decide to wander To your side of the car Please take a few seconds To look before you back up Don’t mindlessly put reverse gear in motion And start moving before you look in the back Especially lookout for children Assume they are there always Right before you back up It makes me so anxious Even writing this piece Please for my sake And my little daughter Please assume she’s standing on the side of your car Before you start pulling out Thank you for listening! Next time you back up Remember this piece! Peace ✌🏽



This is a definite must do! At grocery store parking lots… look, and look again. Not only for children, but for those in wheel chairs, and other moving cars too!