Thursday, October 16, 2014

Imagine!!


Imagine!! Imagine a day in which no-one is injured or dies due to a motor vehicle incident. What did you do behind the wheel to help make this possible?

Did you...




...walk around your vehicle to make sure there are no kids playing behind or around it.


...hide your cell phone - where you can't reach it - so that it did not serve as a distraction as you drive (remember when no one had to worry about doing this? Cell phone use while driving is becoming the new "Drunk Driving")





…refuse to drink and drive




...buckle up, and expect all passengers to do so as well, no matter the distance of the trip. Remember, unbuckled passengers can serve as "backseat bullets" careening all over your vehicle in the event of a crash.


...stop at stop signs and take 3 seconds to look left, look right, look left again - work hard to make sure the street really is clear of other moving vehicles, pedestrians trying to cross, and cyclists making their way along roadways.


stop to make sure intersections and crosswalks are clear before making lefthand or righthand turns at traffic signals


observe the speed limit, and drive slower when weather conditions or the presence of children at play, pedestrians, and cyclists dictate doing so.


...act as a thinker and use your blinker to signal all turns and lane changes.


create 3-4 seconds of following distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you so you have time to react to the driving actions of others.



Repetitive practice of all these behaviors helps turn imagination into reality.  Let's each behave in ways to make what we "imagine'  a reality today. Then repeat each day. Make the life-giving difference each and every trip. 





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Tom Everson
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