riding along in my automobile my baby beside me at the wheel cruising and playing the radio with no particular place to go love that song. uh-huh. perfect. growing up in the car we know all about this one the i came from a family of seven. my dad driving the station wagon. if i have to pull over. here we go. no secret that driving with your kids in the car can be distracting. just how distracted you are might actually surprise you. abc s paula faris agreed to show us how challenging it can be to stay focused on the road. reporter: in most of the country it is against the law to text and drive. but did you know studies have shown there is something just as dangerous. kids in the car. get in your seat, aj. to see how distracting back seat antics could be we mounted cameras in my family s van. documenting every angle of our weekly 25-minute trip to the store. i knew there were cameras probably even drove safer than normal. traveling, 55, 60 miles an hour.