MORNING ON ASK A SPECIALIST -
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY.
LAST SEPTEMBER - THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -
NOTED THAT PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES
SKYROCKETED IN
HAWAII - WITH A 525 PERCENT
INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WHILE WE CAN'T PREPARE FOR EVERY
SITUATION - WHAT ARE SOME THINGS
THAT
WE CAN DO - TO BE A LITTLE SAFER
ON OUR STREETS?
JOINING US TODAY IS - ERIKA
LIBRIZZI - OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPIST AT THE
QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER...
ROSS:
1Q: WHAT PUTS PEDESTRIANS AT
RISK WHILE WALKING OUR CITY
STREETS?
1A. ERIKA LIBRIZZI, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPIST / THE QUEEN'S
MEDICAL CENTER
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD AVOID
IGNORING TRAFFIC
SIGNALS
JAYWALKING
DISTRACTED WALKING
ROSS:
2Q WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO BE
INVOLVED IN A PEDESTRIAN-RELATED
ACCIDENT?
2A. ERIKA LIBRIZZI, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPIST / THE QUEEN'S
MEDICAL CENTER
WHO IS AT RISK?
EVERYONE
KUPUNA ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE
ROSS:
3Q. WHAT CAN PEDESTRIANS DO TO
KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE WHILE
WALKING
IN THE COMMUNITY?
3A. ERIKA LIBRIZZI, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPIST / THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL
CENTER
PROPS
HOW TO BE SAFE
USE DESIGNATED
CROSSWALKS
BE VIGILANT; DO NOT
ASSUME CARS WILL STOP
STAY OFF BUSY
HIGHWAYS, ROADS NOT MEANT FOR
PEDESTRIANS
USE REFLECTIVE VEST OR
TAPE ON CLOTHING ALLOW
AT LEAST 5 SECONDS PER LANE OF
TRAFFIC YOU NEED TO CROSS
ROSS:
ERIKA LIBRIZZI - IS PART OF THE
INPATIENT REHABILITATION
STAY OFF BUSY
HIGHWAYS, ROADS NOT MEANT FOR
PEDESTRIANS
USE REFLECTIVE VEST OR
TAPE ON CLOTHING
ALLOW AT LEAST 5
SECONDS PER LANE OF TRAFFIC YOU
NEED TO CROSS
ROSS:
ERIKA LIBRIZZI - IS PART OF THE
INPATIENT REHABILITATION
DEPARTMENT AT THE QUEEN'S
MEDICAL CENTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION - YOU CAN
CONTACT HER AT 691-4277.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TYPES OF
SERVICES PROVIDED, GO TO:
WWW.QUEENS.ORG/SERVICES/SERVICES
- REHAB-QMC
KRIS:
COMING UP..
WE'RE SPIKING IT UP WITH THE U-H