{"id":16756,"date":"2019-12-08T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=16756"},"modified":"2019-12-08T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T10:05:41","slug":"road-safety-tips-for-everyone-during-xmas-and-jolly-season-nsemgh-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/12\/08\/road-safety-tips-for-everyone-during-xmas-and-jolly-season-nsemgh-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Road safety Tips for Everyone during X’mas and Jolly Season -NSEMGH.COM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas and Jolly season is here and it seems everyone is in a hurry trying to wrap up their shopping and enjoy festive celebrations. But as you\u2019re dashing around town, it\u2019s important to keep road safety top of mind. As the streets are busier and drivers are distracted by their holiday to do lists and what have you, People are urged to be more careful on the roads. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few friendly tips to ensure your Festive season is a safe one<\/strong>:
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\nDon\u2019t drink and drive<\/strong>
\nDrunk driving is a major contributory factor to road crashes and road deaths in the world. If you go to or for \u00a0a Christmas party and plan to indulge in a drink or two and get merry, \u00a0don\u2019t drive. Stay the night or plan a safe alternative to get home such as a cab or designated driver who does not drink all night. This also goes for drugs too!
\nSlow down<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>In the rush to get to a Christmas party or do your Christmas shopping before the malls close, you may be tempted to speed. But police presence is greater on the roads both day and night throughout the season, and a speeding charge and possible accidents are not likely on your holiday wish list. Speeding increases the likeliness of a crash.<\/p>\n

Wear your seat belt<\/strong>
\nAlways buckle up.\u00a0Wearing your seat belt can reduce your risk of dying in a crash by about half or more.\u00a0 Also, make sure young passengers are buckled into appropriate safety seats.<\/p>\n

Watch for emergency vehicles.<\/strong>
\nIn an emergency, every second counts. When you hear a siren, be sure to pull off to the side of the road to allow the ambulance, police car or fire truck to pass. Do as the rules say in this situation and be safe.<\/p>\n

Carry an Emergency Kit<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Always be prepared. The kit should include items that would come in handy if you are stranded on the side of the road or involved in a vehicle accident.<\/p>\n

Pull Off the Road if You Feel Tired<\/strong>
\nPlease don\u2019t try to drive when your eyes are shutting; you could kill yourself or others if you fall asleep. Have turns driving if there is another licensed person in the vehicle. \u00a0Stop regularly to take breaks.<\/p>\n

Be extra careful!<\/strong>
\nIn many parts of the world, the temperature gets colder, the nights darker and the roads icy, slippery, wet or snow covered. In these situations, only drive when absolutely necessary and if you must, be extra careful. Its a sad fact that many people drive drunk during the Christmas period so be extra vigilant of others, of pedestrians and other road users!<\/p>\n

source:Ghana\/nsemgh.com<\/p>\n

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Christmas and Jolly season is here and it seems everyone is in a hurry trying to wrap up their shopping and enjoy festive celebrations. But as you\u2019re dashing around town, it\u2019s important to keep road safety top of mind. As the streets are busier and drivers are distracted by their holiday to do lists and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[5144,5497,13175,5110,8193,11180,7583,5927,6144,746,6159,192,1971,12367,67,1137,11973,421,5807,4843,1708,10025,2485,10943,36,594,10353,5140],"class_list":["post-16756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-accident","tag-ambulance","tag-car","tag-christmas","tag-crash","tag-drink","tag-driver","tag-drivers","tag-drugs","tag-feel","tag-fire","tag-ghana","tag-holiday","tag-malls","tag-nsemgh","tag-nsemgh-com","tag-one","tag-police","tag-risk","tag-road-safety","tag-snow","tag-temperature","tag-truck","tag-watch","tag-world","tag-who","tag-x","tag-young"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}