From traveling to decorating to celebrating with loved ones, the holiday season is a bright and bustling time of year for many. Though it often brings with it lots of joy and happy memories, this season can also come with many personal injury risks and unique seasonal hazards. To help prepare for the “most hazardous time of the year,” let’s review some tried-and-true travel safety tips from Attorney Eric Bartlett (@KCLawGuy) and the National Safety Council (NSC).
Attorney Eric’s Vehicle Safety Checklist
Seasonal traffic, wintery weather, and emergency situations can make traveling during the holidays extra perilous. This is especially true when traveling by car, which “has the highest fatality rate of any major form of transportation based on fatalities per passenger mile” (Source). To prepare your car or truck for safe holiday travel, watch Attorney Eric’s vehicle safety video:
Eric E. Bartlett is an attorney and founding partner at Northland Injury Law in Kansas City, Missouri. Practicing since 1996, he represents clients in semi-truck and motorcycle collisions, automobile accidents, dangerous property conditions, and work injury/workers’ compensation cases. He is admitted to practice in Missouri state and federal courts and earned his J.D. from Oklahoma City University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Missouri.
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