Holiday Parking Lot Accidents & Safety 

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ccidents occu

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ith in

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king lot: t

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hen it comes to getting hu

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pking lot

ccident, the

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only conce

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nd puddles to e

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e e plenty of pking lot h

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ds to look out fo

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he

d. Don’t look do

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phone o

shopping list

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lking th

ough

p

king lot.

Use design

ted c

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lks. Do not cut

c

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pking lot o

lk in

n unp

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th.

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nd esco

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sk fo

help. If you h

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ny b

gs to s

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if you’

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l

ncing

st

ck of boxes th

t might obscu

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vision,

sk fossist

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pu

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ses out to you

c

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void pe

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D

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Diligent d

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event p

king lot c

shes by follo

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the

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e kno

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p

in to lug those gift b

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ll the y b

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c, but he us out. The

e

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sp

ce is empty until you’

e too close.

pp

o

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ith c

ution. B

ck into you

pking spot. B

cking into

pking sp

ce c

n be t

icky, but it’s gene

lly less h

zdous th

n b

cking out of one.

hen you’

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e

dy to le

ve, you c

n pull fod

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of hitting

nothe

c

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shoppe

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lys check you

mi

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nd blind spots.

hen you e b

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ly. Check

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nd be mindful of you

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Look out fo

child

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un out in f

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behind you

vehicle in

p

king lot.

Elimin

te distctions. If you need to fiddle

ith you

phone, look up di

ections, o

choose some tunes, do it befo

e le

ving you

p

king sp

ce. Follo

the flo

of tffic. Follo

the est

blished tffic p

tte

ns of the pking lot. Look foo

s on the g

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secu

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ttend

nts

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ough. Neve

speed. P

king lots

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yone ound you just nts to get home to thei

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Ch

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Buckle up.

lys

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to buckle you

se

tbelt the moment you ente

you

vehicle.

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ccident L

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ho h

s the

ight of y in

p

king lot?

Fi

st, you should kno

the

e e t

o types of l

nes in

p

king lot. The “th

ough l

nes” m

ke up the lot’s pe

imete

, p

ssing by sto

e entnces

nd connecting out to m

in

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ds. The “feede

l

nes” extend in

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king lot

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p

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ccident. Don’t h

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