{"id":8688,"date":"2019-05-22T17:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=8688"},"modified":"2019-05-22T17:28:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:28:45","slug":"tips-for-a-safer-memorial-day-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/tips-for-a-safer-memorial-day-holiday-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for a safer Memorial Day holiday weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside a warning that Memorial Day is one of the deadliest holidays on the roads, the National Safety Council (NSC) has published tips to help drivers stay safe this holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NSC\u2019s tips for a safer Memorial Day holiday: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practice defensive driving; buckle up, designate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/road-safety\/safety-topics\/impaired-driving\">sober driver<\/a> or arrange alternative transportation, get plenty of sleep to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/work-safety\/safety-topics\/fatigue\">avoid fatigue<\/a>, and drive attentively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/road-safety\/safety-topics\/distracted-driving\">avoiding distractions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Recognize the dangers of drugged driving, including impairment from opioids; visit <a href=\"http:\/\/stopeverydaykillers.nsc.org\/\">StopEverydayKillers.org<\/a>\u00a0to understand the impact of the nation\u2019s opioid crisis<\/li>\n<li>Stay engaged in teens\u2019 driving habits; visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/driveithome\">DriveitHOME.org<\/a>\u00a0for resources<\/li>\n<li>Learn about your vehicle\u2019s safety systems and how to use them; visit <a href=\"https:\/\/mycardoeswhat.org\/\">MyCarDoesWhat.org<\/a>\u00a0for information<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the car you are driving is safe and fix recalls immediately; visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.checktoprotect.org\/\">ChecktoProtect.org<\/a> to ensure your vehicle does not have an open recall<\/li>\n<li>Ask lawmakers and state leaders to protect travelers on state roadways; read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/home-safety\/tools-resources\/state-of-safety\">State of Safety report<\/a> to find out which states have the strongest and weakest traffic safety laws<\/li>\n<li>Join the Road to Zero coalition to get involved in addressing motor vehicle fatalities; visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/road-safety\/get-involved\/road-to-zero\">nsc.org\/roadtozero<\/a>\u00a0to get involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supplemental information about the Memorial Day holiday fatality estimates, and additional motor vehicle data and research, can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/injuryfacts.nsc.org\/motor-vehicle\/holidays\/memorial-day\/\">injuryfacts.nsc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside a warning that Memorial Day is one of the deadliest holidays on the roads, the National Safety Council (NSC) has published tips to help drivers stay safe this holiday weekend. NSC\u2019s tips for a safer Memorial Day holiday: Practice defensive driving; buckle up, designate a sober driver or arrange alternative transportation, get plenty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":8689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8688","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\/8688","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=8688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}