National Safety Council<\/a>\u2019s Statistics Department has declared Labor Day weekend as one of the busiest and deadliest times on U.S. roadways. It has been estimated that 400 people will die in traffic accidents during this Labor Day holiday period.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nBecause nearly one in four crashes involve cell phone use, the National Safety Council suggests the following, if tempted to use a cell phone when driving:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Change your voicemail greeting to indicate you are driving and will call back when safely parked.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Put your phone in your trunk or glove box.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Turn your phone on \u201csilent.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- If you need to contact someone, pull over to a safe location and put your vehicle in \u201cPark\u201d before dialing.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And with your phone out of reach, may I suggest:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Conversing with someone who is riding with you.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Playing music and singing your heart out.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Cherishing a moment of complete silence.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Whispering prayers of gratitude.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Dreaming a dream.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Making a wish.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Simply feeling alive.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Let Labor Day weekend be a turning point in your life; let it be the day you put the phone away while driving.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThe most meaningful connection is not found in a phone. It is either along side you or within you; all you have to do is grasp it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n*I urge you to click the “share” button below and send this to as many people as you can. Perhaps you could be the reason someone lives to see Tuesday, Sept. 6th\u00a0and all the days thereafter.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*The\u00a0National Safety Council\u2019s Statistics Department estimates 400 people will die in traffic accidents this Labor Day holiday period, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, and will end at 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5. Together we can reduce that tragic number simply by reading and sharing this message. I recently found myself frantically pulling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,50,18],"tags":[541,540,537,538,539,535,536],"gutentor_comment":12,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/home-e13148485455211.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fUJF-Dr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}