Two facts about Halloween: 1) Children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than any other day of the year according to Safe Kids Worldwide. 2) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Halloween is one of the top three days of the year for pedestrian injuries and fatalities. So, drivers and parents need to pay extra attention.
Here are a few tips to keep Halloween safe for all
Drivers:
Trick-or-Treaters:
Drivers:
- Pay more attention, eliminate distractions — put the phone down — and watch for children
- Slow down in residential neighborhoods and obey all traffic signs and signals
- Look for children crossing the street
- Carefully enter and exit driveways, taking extra care if you are backing up or turning
Trick-or-Treaters:
- Make costumes safer and more visible to motorists
- Use glow sticks or wear retro-reflective tape on costumes and on treat buckets
- See that disguises don’t obstruct vision
- Ensure any props are flexible and blunt-tipped to avoid injury from tripping or horseplay
- Instruct children to travel only in familiar areas and along established routes
- Teach children to stop only at well-lit houses and to never to enter a stranger’s home or garage
- Stay on sidewalks and avoid walking in streets if possible.
- If there are no sidewalks, walk on the left side of the road, facing traffic.
- Look both ways and listen for traffic before crossing the street and watch for cars turning or backing up
- Never cross between parked vehicles or mid-block
- Trick-or-treat in a group if someone older cannot go with you
- Tell your parents where you are going.
- Carry a flashlight containing fresh batteries. Never shine flashlights into the eyes of oncoming drivers.
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