Today, May 1st is Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Awareness Day. Residents are asked to make a commitment to practice safe driving and pedestrian behaviors for a whole 24 hours that day - and then carry these behaviors forward each and every day.
WHAT IS KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 is a safety campaign targeting observance of the residential speed limit. In most towns and cities throughout the U.S., the residential speed limit is 25 mph. Thus the slogan, “Keep Kids Alive Drive 25”.
The mission of Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 is to educate and actively engage citizens throughout the United States in a common commitment to create safer streets in neighborhoods, and beyond, for the benefit of all. This includes pedestrians, cyclists, children-at-play, motorists and their passengers.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Most drivers speeding on your street live in your neighborhood.
• It is not unusual for speeders to be clocked in excess of 40 mph (and even 50 mph) in a 25 mph zone.
• The death rate per 100 million miles traveled on residential streets is over twice the rate on highways.
• More than 1,200 people die every month as a result of speeding-related crashes.
• Speeding Triples the Odds of Crashing.
• The first completed pre/post study citing effectiveness of Keep Kids Alive Drive 25® in Oceanside, CA demonstrated a 16% decrease in average speed.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
• Slow down. Make sure you observe the 25-mph speed limit in residential neighborhoods.
• Talk with your neighbors about watching out for all the kids in the neighborhood.
• Set ground rules with your child/children about safe places to play in your neighborhood. Avoid playing in the street.
• “Stop! Take 3 Seconds to See” every time you approach a Stop Sign.
LEARN MORE! To support Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 or to learn more, visit their website at: www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org
