Halloween is the favorite time of year for many people but
it can also be an extremely dangerous time.
When I was a child, I remember it being the one school night
that I had no bed time as well as no curfew.
All the parents would gather in one place and send us out, sure that we’d
return to them at the end of the night. Though
they did go through all the candy before we ate it, part of that was just to
make sure they could steal their favorites.
None of the precautions they took were with the same urgency or zeal that
is required nowadays. Most of us
(whether we have kids or not) are probably familiar with the standard safety
tips parents follow. If not, here is a
site that reviews some of them:
But small children aren’t the only ones at risk. Like all other holidays, people are likely to
drink excessively on or around Halloween.
If Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday, you get a double whammy. Teenagers and college kids, all with little
to no experience with alcohol, are apt to get alcohol poisoning because they
don’t know their limits and inhibitions are already less due to the general
festivities. Throw into the mix that many of these kids are new to driving – so
even if they remain sober, they are less experienced with dodging hordes of
children (or drunk adults) darting into the street.
And who doesn’t love the elaborate decorations? But just
like with Christmas, these decorations can easily become a hazard. Check out these tips from Travelers
Insurance:
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