ACCIDENT:
IF/WHEN POSSIBLE, DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT OR THE SHOULDER, DO NOT STAY IN THE TRAVELING LANES
TURN ON YOUR HAZZARD LIGHTS, POST FLARES OR MARKERS BEHIND YOUR VEHICLE. REMOVE YOURSELF AND PASSENGERS FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR POLICE & FIRE RESCUE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AWAY FROM TRAFFIC.... DO NOT STAY IN THE TRAVELING LANES....
CALL 911 AND GIVE THE OPERATOR YOUR LOCATION & INCIDENT DETAILS
CALL ASAP TOWING FOR SERVICES, BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE OUR DISPATCHER WITH YOUR LOCATION & INCIDENT DETAILS
BREAKDOWN:
- IF/WHEN POSSIBLE, DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT OR THE SHOULDER, DO NOT STAY IN THE TRAVELING LANES
- TURN ON YOUR HAZZARD LIGHTS, POST FLARES OR MARKERS BEHIND YOUR VEHICLE. REMOVE YOURSELF AND PASSENGERS FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR POLICE & FIRE RESCUE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AWAY FROM TRAFFIC.... DO NOT STAY IN THE TRAVELING LANES....
CALL ASAP TOWING FOR SERVICES, BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE OUR DISPATCHER WITH YOUR LOCATION & INCIDENT DETAILS
NEWS FLASH:
- DID YOU KNOW THAT ROAD SIDE WORKERS USE SIGNS, FLASHING LIGHTS, FLARES, MARKERS AND MANY OTHER DEVISES TO NOTIFY PASSING VEHICLES OF THERE PRESENCE? YET, ROAD SIDE WORKERS ARE KILLED EVERY DAY BY PASSING VEHICLES.
- DID YOU KNOW THAT MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN WHEN A VEHICLE IS BROKEN DOWN IN A TRAVELING LANE OR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD?
- DID YOU KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPENDS $100,000 +++ EVERY YEAR TO CLEAR UP THE ROADWAYS OF ACCIDENTS AND BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES?
- DID YOU KNOW THAT STATE OFFICIALS PASSED A LAW IN 2002 REQUIRING MOTORIST TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE OVER WHEN PASSING AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE (WITH FLASHING EMERGENCY LIGHTS)? CLICK HERE FOR ARTITCLE
DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC. PRACTICE SAFETY. PULL YOUR VEHICLE TO A SAFE LOCATION, POSITION YOURSELF & PASSENGERS AWAY FROM PASSING VEHICLES. DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE.