Travel experts are expecting a 2.3% drop in Memorial Day travel among Southern Californians this holiday weekend--a decline that in part can be attributed to the tough economic climate. With more people expected to mark the long weekend by staying local, police in Orange County, California are preparing to implement extra safety precautions to keep Southern California traffic accidents down. DUI checkpoints will be set up in various cities, including Costa Mesa, Lake Forest, La Habra, and Newport Beach.
If you are planning on going anywhere this long weekend, however, there are a number of safety tips you can follow to decrease the chances that you'll be involved in a motor vehicle accident and ruin your holiday plans--which which would end up being the least of your worries if someone ends up getting seriously hurt.
Memorial Day Travel Safety Tips:
• Make sure your car is in proper working condition before you take off.
• Don't speed.
• Don't drive drunk.
• Don't let holiday traffic aggravate you. The more stressed out you are, the harder it is for you to think rationally while on the road.
• Stay out of large trucks' blind spots.
• Obey the traffic rules.
• Wear your safety belts.
• Give yourself extra time to get wherever you need to go so that you don't end up speeding to arrive at your destination on time.
• Don't text and drive or talk on the phone and drive.
Memorial Day Weekend falls in the middle of the nationwide "Click It or Ticket Campaign." Expect to get a ticket if a member of the California Highway Patrol or police in Anaheim, Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, or another Orange County, California spots you not wearing your seat belt. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that if 90% of people in each state used their seat belts, 22,372 serious injuries and 1,652 traffic deaths would be prevented each year.
Too many people are seriously injured or killed in Orange County, California traffic accidents each year.
DUI checkpoints around county for holiday weekend, OC Register, May 21, 2009
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