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Dark, cold, and wet put focus on traveling safely
Now is a good time to refresh your safe driving and walking skills. Based on accident data collected in Washington since 1993, about 35 percent of all pedestrian fatalities occur in the two months between the end of daylight-saving time and the end of the year. Here are some safety tips from the Washington State Department of Transportation and the King County DOT: For motorists:
For pedestrians:
The King County Road Services Division invested more than $1.5
million in four key pedestrian safety projects this summer. In the Finn Hill neighborhood north of Kirkland, the county
filled in 1,200 feet of missing sidewalk links near Sandberg
Elementary School on 84th Avenue Northeast and made some drainage
improvements.
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