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Show Danger season begins for 5der people "This is the danger season when drivers need to be on the alert for older ;.e.1estrians," ac-crdinjr ac-crdinjr to Hillel H. Yampol, Executive Director, Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Chicago Nursing Home Association. As-sociation. He pointed out that longer hours of darkness, fog. snow, sleet and rain make it ! harder for drivers to see and stop in time. "For their part, older persons should avoid jaywalking," he said. "When they walk, they should try to avoid the hours between 4 p.m. and midnight, and they should remember that Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays Sun-days arc the worst accident days. "Drivers must see to avoid collisions with other cars or pedestrians. They should keep their headlights clean as well as their windshields. It is especially es-pecially important duiing inclement in-clement weather to have live windshield wiper blades to insure in-sure best possible visibility. "Pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents ac-cidents reach their peak frequently fre-quently in December and remain re-main high throughout the winter, win-ter, according to the National Safety Council," Mr. Yampol concluded. |