BURRILLVILLE – Weather forecasts for this upcoming week includes high temperatures and oppressive humidity throughout the entire week. With temperatures in the 90s and humidity levels in the 70s, it is extremely dangerous for kids to become trapped inside vehicles. Children having access to available car and truck keys may then have opportunities to climb inside hot vehicle interiors and trunks, and subsequently become trapped inside without anyone knowing that the child is missing.
Parents and adult guardians should always keep car and truck keys away from children. Trunks are for cargo, not for kids. This Buckleupallofus vehicle entrapment prevention coloring cartoon was created to allow adults the chance to sit down with children and discuss vehicle entrapment prevention while coloring in the safety artwork with kids.
You should also make attempts to take a kid to a car show this summer season. It’s a lot of fun for the entire family and in most cases, if there isn’t a charitable cause benefitting from these automotive events, there is no entrance fee or cost to attend.
Make sure kids are away from unattended vehicles and safe from vehicle entrapment this summer.
Jim Weicherding is a Burrillville resident, and the founder and creator of an award-winning traffic safety effort Seasons of Safety. Weicherding contributes kids’ coloring cartoons, which can be printed and used to help parents discuss safety issues with their children. He has a long list of police officers and firefighters in his family and has worked with law enforcement and firefighters in a creative public safety capacity for more than two decades.
