Walk+Roll to School Day
Many schools celebrate active transportation with Walk+Roll to
School Day on October 4. Keep an eye out for students who
are walking and rolling. What's rolling? It's anything active - bike, scooter,
skateboard.
Now that school is back in session, thousands of students are
lining up at bus stops, riding bikes on paths and streets or walking to school,
thinking about a whole host of things besides being safe. Children can be
unpredictable, and younger children especially aren’t able to judge speed and
distance as well as adults can.
Rainy days limit driver visibility and
motorists need to pay attention to pedestrians, school zones and school
children. It’s an exciting time – we urge everyone to take extra time and be
extra cautious. Safety is everyone’s responsibility: keep your eyes open, look
out for each other and help everyone arrive to school safely!
Safety resources:
When Can My Child Safely Walk or Ride to School Alone? (PDF)
Let’s Ride the School Bus (YouTube video)
Beacon Buddies Get a Brake (YouTube video)
Source:
Oregon Safe Routes to School.
Drive Healthy!
On September 1, ODOT
officially launched a first-of-its-kind gaming approach to help eliminate
distracted driving – DriveHealthy. This is a unique, competition-based campaign
that will enable Oregon residents (either as individuals or groups) to measure
the safety of their driving habits in relation to others. Let the “competition”
begin!
Trick-or-Treat Safely
Halloween is meant to be scary, but not when it comes to driving.
When it comes to drunk driving, Halloween can turn the roads into a horror
fest. Halloween is a particularly deadly night due to drunk drivers. In 2015,
over half (52%) of all highway fatalities across the nation on Halloween night
involved a driver or a motorcycle rider with a BAC of .08 or higher. Even one
drink impairs judgement, so plan to get home by taxi, ride share, mass transit,
or designate a sober drive. Buzzed driving is drunk driving, so think ahead to
stay safe.
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