This
month is child safety awareness month in Florida so remember to focus
on child safety on and around Florida roads and ensure all children
are correctly buckled into a vehicle, every time.
In
2019, there were over 127 thousand children age 0 to 17 involved in
crashes in Florida resulting in over 1300 serious bodily injuries and
142 deaths.
Florida
law requires all drivers and occupants in the front seat of a vehicle
to fasten their safety belts.
Occupants
under the age of 18, regardless of where they sit in a vehicle, also
must buckle up.
Florida
bans texting while driving anywhere in the state and completely
prohibits the use of cell phones and other hand-held devices while
driving in a designated school crossing, school zone, or active work
zone area.
And
with school starting, there will be school buses on the roads, so
please watch out for them.
It
is imperative that all motorists properly stop for school buses so
all of Florida’s children can arrive at school or home safely.
Starting
January 1, 2021, the penalties for passing a school bus will be
doubled.
And
remember to never leave a child unattended or unsupervised in a motor
vehicle.
It
is extremely hot, especially in Florida, and leaving a child in a car
can result in the child’s injury or death.
The
inside of a vehicle can heat up by 20 degrees in just 10 minutes and
a child’s body temperature can rise three to five times faster than
an adult’s and heatstroke in a closed vehicle can occur when the
temperature is as low as 57 degrees outside.
If
you would like more child safety tips – go on-line to the Florida
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles website.
http://live.oysterradio.com/
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