Staying Safe During the Long Weekend
The August Civic long weekend is finally here and as one of the busiest weekends of the summer, it’s about to become even more busy with the various activities taking place throughout the city: concerts, music festivals, food fest and travel activities. Long weekends like these are the perfect opportunity to hang with family and friends, relax from a tough work week and have fun. Whether it’s going on long trip, a day’s outing or visiting one of the cities events, people love long weekends.
However, regardless of the activity, it’s important to stay safe during the long weekend. Throughout the years, summer long weekends have had a history of being prominent for accidents and fatalities. With the Civic long weekend having a history of being an unsafe and deadly weekend, here are some tips to stay safe and have fun this long weekend:
- If you’re going on a trip, make sure to get your car checked out before you leave. You don’t want to start off your long weekend with any unsuspected surprises on the road. Also make sure to keep car supplies in the truck just in case an emergency does arise.
- Drive safely. With several activities taking place throughout the city, it`s important to have some patience while on the road as many people will be travelling in and out of the city. Remember to also watch your speed this weekend as officers will be patrolling the roads and looking for distracted and speeding drivers. With a bit of patience, it will help to keep everyone safe on the road.
- If you are travelling by car this weekend, take a break from the DVD’s and hand held games and play some fun road games. It’ll help keep everyone upbeat during the drive and will allow for the time to fly by.
- While on the road, don’t drink and drive. It’s important to keep this in mind every time you drive. Drinking and driving is a dangerous hazard on the road, as it puts your life and the lives of others.
- If you’re heading onto the lake, make sure that the boat has been checked out and that enough life jackets are present on the boat. In case of an accident, a life jacket can save a person’s life, even if they can swim.
- If you are going swimming this weekend, don’t consume alcohol before a swim as it can impair your vision and judgement. Also, never leave children unattended while swimming.
Still don’t know what you’re doing this weekend? If you’re not leaving the city, there are plenty of activities for you to choose from to enjoy the weekend. Catch a concert at Echo Beach or attend the Caribana Grand Parade this Saturday, which wraps up the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival or if you’re into sports, check out the Rogers cup at the Rexall Center.
- Access Control
- Alarm monitoring
- Alarm Systems
- cannabis
- cannabis retailer
- CCTV Cameras
- Childproof Doors
- Commercial Security
- Construction Security
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Safety
- Door Bell
- Ethernet
- fire
- flood
- garage
- General Category
- Halloween
- holiday
- home
- home automation
- Home Safety
- Home Security
- Home Security System
- In the News
- intercom
- internet
- life insurance
- Locksmith
- Move Ahead
- moving
- MUL-T-LOCK
- natural disasters
- New Years
- Office Security
- Personal Safety
- Pet Protection
- real estate
- Safes
- Safes
- safety
- school
- Security Cameras
- Security Film
- Security Industry News
- Security Systems
- Security Tips
- security window film
- Senior Safety
- shoplifting
- Small Business
- Small Business security
- social media
- social network
- Sports Safety
- summer
- vacation
- web
- web surfing
- Webdesign
- Window Film
- winter
- Workplace safety
- May 2022
- April 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- September 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- April 2020
- October 2019
- August 2019
- April 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- May 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- May 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- February 2011
- January 2011