Get a Flu Shot:  Autumn is the start of flu season, and doctors recommended everyone 6 months and older gets vaccinated against the flu. 

When Daylight Saving Time ends – for 2023, that's 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 – many people will find themselves spending more time driving in the dark. When you are driving at night, depth perception, color recognition and peripheral vision can be compromised in the dark, and the glare of headlights from an oncoming vehicle can temporarily blind a driver.

Night driving is dangerous because, even with high-beam headlights on, visibility is limited to about 500 feet (250 feet for normal headlights) creating less time to react to something in the road, especially when driving at higher speeds.

What should you do to combat darkness?

● Aim your headlights correctly, and make sure they're clean

● Dim your dashboard

● Look away from oncoming lights

● If you wear glasses, make sure they're anti-reflective

● Clean the windshield to eliminate streaks

● Slow down to compensate for limited visibility and reduced stopping time.

Green Cross Tip: When you change your clocks, it's also a great time to check the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.

Stay Alert - Stay Alive!:  While we do only one quarter of our driving at night, 50% of traffic deaths happen at night. It doesn't matter whether the road is familiar or not, driving at night is always more dangerous. More than 42,000 people were killed in car crashes in 2020, according to Injury Facts. By taking some extra precautions, we can all contribute to reducing these numbers.