Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A Car Checkup for Winter

TP Car Talk mascot
If you’re like many of us, you don’t think about preparing for winter until the first major snowstorm. Let’s do it differently this year. Let’s plan ahead.

Priority one: Get a warm coat, boots, gloves, hat.

Priority two: Winterize your car! Let’s review some key steps:

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Where Children Go

TP Car Talk mascot
The school year is well underway. Children are going to bus stops. They are getting on buses, getting off buses, running home, crossing streets … sometimes carefully with mom or dad nearby … sometimes thoughtlessly. What’s a driver to do?

Let’s review a few safe driving tips to help ensure that our children are safe on the road to school or the playground:

1. Be patient. Give yourself plenty of time to get to work, especially in areas where you know there is a school bus route, because, where there are school buses, there are children.