Five tips offered for safe holiday travel

  • Before embarking on a holiday trip, check your vehicle's tires, battery, headlights and windshield wipers.
    Before embarking on a holiday trip, check your vehicle's tires, battery, headlights and windshield wipers.
  • In addition to clothing and gifts, pack essentials such as a first-aid kit, cold medicine, aspirin and your health insurance card.
    In addition to clothing and gifts, pack essentials such as a first-aid kit, cold medicine, aspirin and your health insurance card.
The holiday season can be stressful enough before adding travel to the mix. Coordinating ground or air travel and planning accommodations, even if you're simply staying with loved ones, is often just the beginning and health and safety concerns can fall by the wayside. For example, the highest incidence rate of cardiac mortality for the entire year occurs between Christmas and New Year's Day,…

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