FedEx and Safe Kids have partnered to make sure our children and their parents are educated about Halloween Safety!
Here at the top safety tips Safe Kids and FedEx we should all remember while trick or treating this Halloween:
- Cross the street safely at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross. Walk, don't run, across the street.
- Walk on sidewalks or paths. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible. Children should walk on direct routes with the fewest street crossings.
- Slow down and stay alert - watch out for cars that are turning or backing up and never dart out into the street or cross in between parked cars.
- Costumes can be both creative and safe. Decorate costumes and bags with reflective tape or stickers and, if possible, choose light colors. Masks can obstruct a child's vision, so choose non-toxic face paint and make-up whenever possible instead. Have kids carry glow sticks or flashlights in order to see better, as well as be seen by drivers.
Top safety tips Safe kids and FedEx recommend for drivers:
- Slow down in residential neighborhoods. Remember that popular trick-or-treating hours are 5:30 to 9:30pm.
- Be especially alert and take extra time to look for kids at intersections, on medians and on curbs. Children are excited on Halloween and may move in unpredictable ways.
- Reduce any distractions inside your car, such as talking on the phone or eating, so you can concentrate on the road and your surroundings.
About Safe Kids Walk This Way...
In 1999, SafeKids
Worldwide and FedEx created the Safe Kids Walk This Way program in the
US to teach safe behaviors to motorists and child pedestrians and create
safer, more walkable communities through education, awareness, research
and actual physical improvements to the spaces where children are most
at risk.
As part of the FedEx
commitment to learning about the issues that impact road safety,
advancing safe driving practices and improving safety conditions in the
communities in which FedEx operates, the Walk This Way program has made
significant progress in accelerating child safety, particularly among
young children. Over the past 13 years, the Walk This Way program has
expanded to include Brazil, Canada, China, India, Mexico, South Korea,
Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines where it has educated more than 4
million children.
For more tips on how to help kids become safer pedestrians on Halloween, as well as throughout the year, visit SafeKids.org and visit their Facebook page.
As part of this
initiative, Safe Kids and FedEx are providing kids with reflective
materials to promote visibility as well as important safety information
for children, parents and drivers.
Thanks to Safe Kids & Fed Ex my readers have the opportunity to win Trick Or Treating bags like the one below.
Included in the bag (flashlight, reflective tags, stickers for kids!)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Disclaimer: No monetary compensation was received to host this giveaway. I will be receiving my own bags.
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