{"id":9143,"date":"2019-10-21T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T15:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2019-10-21T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T15:29:58","slug":"halloween-improve-road-safety-reduce-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/halloween-improve-road-safety-reduce-nightmares\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween: Improve road safety, reduce nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 31 might be a date for horror and scares, but that shouldn\u2019t include on the roads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some frightening facts: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twice as many kids are killed while walking on Halloween than any other day of the year (Source: Safe Kids)<\/li>\n<li>During the Halloween night (6 p.m. October 31 to 5:59 a.m. November 1) during the years 2013-2017, there were 158 people killed in drunk-driving crashes (Source: NHTSA)<\/li>\n<li>During Halloween night from 2013-2017, 42% of those killed were in traffic crashes that involved at least one drunk driver (Source: NHTSA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This October 31, eDriving is offering the following safety tips to ensure that any frights are a result of spooky costumes, not dangerous driving:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drivers: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assume all residential areas will have children on the streets<\/li>\n<li>Use headlights, even at dusk<\/li>\n<li>Drive well under the posted speed limit, particularly on curves<\/li>\n<li>Look out for children entering the road from stopped vehicles<\/li>\n<li>Take extra care when entering\/ exiting driveways and turning into roads<\/li>\n<li>Use turn signals to indicate your intentions<\/li>\n<li>Yield to children<\/li>\n<li>Expect children to cross the road where they shouldn\u2019t \u2013 and without checking that it\u2019s safe<\/li>\n<li>Stay focused. Avoid distractions such as phones, interacting with GPS, eating and drinking<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t consume any alcohol if you\u2019re driving; impairment begins below the legal drink-driving limit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Parents\/ guardians of trick-or treaters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accompany children under 12<\/li>\n<li>Use hazard lights when dropping off or picking up children in your car<\/li>\n<li>Encourage children to wear costumes that are bright and reflective. Add strips of reflective\/glow-in-the-dark tape to dark costumes and\/or Halloween treat\/loot buckets or bags.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure costumes are not a trip hazard, particularly capes and cloaks<\/li>\n<li>Use face paints instead of masks which can obstruct a child\u2019s vision<\/li>\n<li>If a child is wearing a mask, ask them to remove it between houses<\/li>\n<li>Set a good example while accompanying children: walk-don\u2019t run, cross the road at designated places, stay on the sidewalk and use well-lit streets<\/li>\n<li>Equip children with a flashlight\/torch with fresh batteries and\/ or glowsticks<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re allowing older children to go out alone, agree a safe route beforehand and talk about the rules they must follow, including crossing at safe places, looking both ways and listening for traffic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 31 might be a date for horror and scares, but that shouldn\u2019t include on the roads. Here are some frightening facts: Twice as many kids are killed while walking on Halloween than any other day of the year (Source: Safe Kids) During the Halloween night (6 p.m. October 31 to 5:59 a.m. November 1) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":9144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9143","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\/9143","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=9143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}