Halloween Safety Tips (Friday)

Today's Halloween Safety Tips

Motorists Please Drive Extra Safely on Halloween (Friday)

     Park your mobile phone. Avoid distractions by waiting until you've stopped to call, text, or surf.

     Take extra time to look for kids at intersections, on medians and on curbs.

     Enter and exit driveways and alleys slowly and carefully.

     Eliminate any distractions inside your car so you can concentrate on the road and your surroundings.

     Drive slowly, anticipate heavy pedestrian traffic and turn your headlights on earlier in the day to spot children from greater distances.

     Popular trick-or-treating hours are from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. so be especially alert for kids during those hours.

     Slow down in residential neighborhoods and obey all traffic signs and signals. Drive at least 5 mph below the posted speed limit to give yourself extra time to react to children who may dart into the street. Children are excited on Halloween and may move in unpredictable ways.

     Watch for children walking on roadways, medians and curbs. In dark costumes, they’ll be harder to see at night.

     Look for children crossing the street. They may not be paying attention to traffic and cross the street mid-block or between parked cars.

     Don't park in the street if you don't have to. You are better parking in a driveway, alley or other place off the road to give children and other motorists plenty of room.

     BE CAREFUL BACKING UP! Have someone stand behind the vehicle to make sure that no children are walking by.