{"id":10656,"date":"2021-05-25T22:40:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2021-05-25T22:40:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:40:34","slug":"safety-council-shares-five-memorial-day-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/safety-council-shares-five-memorial-day-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Council shares five Memorial Day safety tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Safety Council (NSC)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/injuryfacts.nsc.org\/motor-vehicle\/holidays\/memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimates 415 people may die on the roads<\/a>\u00a0during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.<\/p>\n<p>To help reduce this figure, NSC is urging all Americans to plan ahead and practice defensive driving over the long weekend, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday, May 28, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people choose to travel by car, which has the highest fatality rate of any major form of transportation based on fatalities per miles traveled,\u201d said Mark Chung, Vice President, Roadway Practice at NSC. \u201cAs family and friends gather for the holiday, we not only call on everyone to spend time together safely during the ongoing pandemic, we also ask you to do your part to ensure you and your loved ones get to your destinations safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The NSC\u2019s five tips for safe travel: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Prepare before you go: Before hitting the road, make sure your car is safe for driving. Check the oil, put air in the tires, and check for and repair open recalls. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checktoprotect.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChecktoProtect.org<\/a> to see if your vehicle has an open recall, and get it repaired for free.<\/li>\n<li>Drive distraction-free:\u00a0Thousands have died in crashes involving cell phone use. Put your phones away and #JustDrive.<\/li>\n<li>Slow down:\u00a0Speeding is a factor in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/injuryfacts.nsc.org\/motor-vehicle\/motor-vehicle-safety-issues\/speeding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than a quarter of all traffic fatalities<\/a>. Drive the speed limit and do not exceed it. Be sure to pay attention to those walking and biking in order to keep all road users safe.<\/li>\n<li>Designate a sober driver\u00a0or arrange alternate transportation:\u00a0Alcohol is only one cause of impaired driving. Drugs, including opioids, marijuana and some over-the-counter medicines, can cause drowsiness, alter visual functions and affect mental judgement and motor skills.<\/li>\n<li>Buckle up:\u00a0Seat belts are estimated to have saved 374,276 lives. Buckle up, while also making sure you have appropriate car seats installed correctly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Safety Council (NSC)\u00a0estimates 415 people may die on the roads\u00a0during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. To help reduce this figure, NSC is urging all Americans to plan ahead and practice defensive driving over the long weekend, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday, May 28, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 31. \u201cMany people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-safety-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}