BURRILLVILLE – It’s summer vacation and the weather forecast over the next few days includes a heat wave. More than likely, kids and families will be heading out to area beaches and cooler destinations in order to avoid the heat and humidity.
It’s very important that kids always boost up and buckle up in vehicle backseats while riding to these destinations. Kids should always cross their hearts for safety’s sake. Teenagers and adults can lead by example and also cross their hearts with their seatbelts while riding in family vehicles all summer season.
Buckleupallofus has been a constant reminder for kids to wear their seatbelts while riding in backseats throughout the year. Summer is a very busy and heavy travel time for everyone taking roadtrips to all of the great destinations Rhode Island and New England have to offer. Beaches are the most popular of these roadtrip destinations all summer long. Stay safe. Travel safe. Ride safe.
Enjoy your 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.
