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Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween is only a couple short days away, so we wanted to put together a list of safety tips. If you’re heading out trick-or-treating with your kids (or have school-age kids who are heading out with friends), give these tips a quick read-through and stay safe this Halloween!

Costumes

• Costumes should ideally be bright, but if they’re not, you can easily add reflective markers to kids’ costumes
• Consider using face paint as opposed to a mask – it’s easier to see and hear
• Leave realistic-looking props (knives, swords, etc.) at home
• Make sure costumes are hemmed appropriately and easy to walk in
• Make sure face paint/makeup won’t do any harm by doing a patch test beforehand
• Don’t use decorative contact lenses

Trick-or-Treating

• Cross roads carefully. Don’t jaywalk (cross at intersections or, even better, at a crosswalk), look both ways, and don’t walk onto the road from between parked cars
• If there aren’t any sidewalks, walk facing traffic and as far off the road as possible
• Walk, don’t run
• Trick-or-treat in a group
• Use a flashlight or glow stick for visibility
• Don’t enter a stranger’s home, even if you’re invited
• Inspect all treats for tampering before you eat them; throw out any homemade treats

Drivers

• Slow down to 10 km below the speed limit
• Be alert and aware
• Don’t pass stopped cars – there may be excited kids getting out of it
• Use your indicator when turning and your hazard lights when stopping

Adults

• Plan in advance for a sober ride home from the Halloween party. Don’t drink and drive!