BURRILLVILLE – It’s Thanksgiving week, folks! That means there will be many kids and families riding inside family vehicles off to visit family and friends for the long holiday weekend. It’s the busiest travel holiday of the year.
Make sure children under the age of 12-years-old are properly restrained in vehicle backseats. Infants and toddlers should ride inside rear-facing car seats also located in vehicle backseats. Do not overload passenger vehicles and make sure everyone is properly restrained and wearing their seatbelts for safety’s sake. We want everyone to travel and arrive at their destinations safely for the Thanksgiving long holiday weekend. Please share this Buckleupallofus child passenger safety coloring cartoon with your family and friends reminding them to buckle up and drive safely.
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
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.
