Every year children die due to preventable vehicular heatstroke when they are left trapped in a hot car. NHTSA and other partnering agencies are working together to remind parents, caregivers and bystanders of the dangers of hot cars. Safety tips include locking all car doors to prevent children from playing and hiding in an unattended vehicle and to make it a habit to look before you lock your door to ensure a child is not left in a hot car.

The Virginia DMV is reminding Virginians of the dangers of drinking and driving and the importance of designating a sober driver leading up to and on Cinco de Mayo, from May 1 through 6, 2022. Here is a link to the anti-drunk driving “Act Like It” social media toolkit from highway safety partner WRAP. The toolkit has social media graphics sized for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn, plus draft posts to remind Virginia drivers that if they’re old enough to drink, to Act Like It by not drinking and driving.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will host its annual Highway Safety Summit in person this year. Tuesday, May 3 will serve as a pre-summit training day for our highway safety partners.

The summit will feature sessions that focus on current highway safety issues to continue our efforts to decrease the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities on our roadways. Speakers from the national, state and local level will discuss a variety of topics from our highway safety focus areas.

We invite stakeholders from law enforcement, state agencies, non-profits, higher education, as well as other highway safety advocates to attend.

You will receive instructions on how to register in the coming weeks.

Mark your calendar for National Bike to School Day and get ready to bring attention to the value and joy of safe walking and rolling!

Visit http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/ to learn more about walk & bike to school events and how you can organize one in your community.

The event promotes cycling to work and the celebration of biking as transportation, as recreation, as essential to our well-being and everyday lives. Hundreds of American communities have been successful in increasing bicycle commuting by providing Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Day events.

To learn more about Bike to Work Day and how you can organize one in your community, visit https://bikeleague.org/content/bike-month-dates-events-0.