How to safely drive in Thanksgiving Traffic
Thanksgiving is one of the busiest traveling holidays of the year. If you are a truck driver or bus driver, it’s essential to property and life safety that you are 100% aware of what you’ll be facing when it comes to Thanksgiving traffic.
More than any time of the year, travelers will be taking on Thanksgiving traffic by crossing bridges, going through tunnels, driving on interstates and doing the best to patiently wait in heavy traffic.
How is the weather looking for you during this busy travel holiday? If you are in the Northeast, it doesn’t look too good as 43.4 million hit the road for Thanksgiving travel. There’s a winter storm on the move and the traffic will be it’s worse the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving Day.
If you can, try to avoid starting your commute between 2-6pm on Thanksgiving Wednesday. Rush hour will be horrific.
Here are some motorists tips you should consider following to get you from point A- point B:
- Be okay sharing road. This is the best way to prevent accidents during Thanksgiving travel. In fact, you can learn all you need to know about sharing the road from the American Trucking Associations.
- Get plenty of rest prior to driving in Thanksgiving traffic.
- Have your truck maintenance performed including your truck brakes.
- Be mindful of your no-zone. You never know what types of drivers are driving behind you or along your sides.
- Always reduce your speed in work zones.
- Be a defensive driver and always wear your seat belt.
- Contact traffic safety agencies about anything unsafe you notice while driving such as reckless drivers, icy roads, and other factors that could lead to accidents.
- Always give vehicles in front of you and behind you plenty of space.
Once you have basic truck driver safety down pact, you need to know how to save money and time during your Thanksgiving travels.
If you are trucking for Thanksgiving, you need to keep in mind that plenty of trucks stops will be offering free Thanksgiving meals for truck drivers. Simple show your commercial drivers license and you are good to go.
When going shopping certain credits provides an increase of cash back rewards just in time for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. So, you can use yours on the road to bring in more rewards for the holiday. It’s a great way to earn good interests.
Next, set your GPS for your route to help you identify traffic congestion and alternative routes.
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Source:
http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2011/11/21/DC10384
http://www.sharetheroadsafely.org/truckandbusdrivers/truckandbussafetytips.asp
http://www.truck-drivers-money-saving-tips.com/thanksgiving-trip.html
