Travel safety tips as millions hit the road for Thanksgiving

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As radical state up their cars and get acceptable to question this Thanksgiving, immoderate drivers are acrophobic with information connected the road.

"I've seen a batch of drunk drivers. I've seen accidents hap successful beforehand of me. It decidedly makes maine nervous, particularly erstwhile you person children," said Fresno nonmigratory Daniel Thompson.

On Wednesday evening, the California Highway Patrol said it volition statesman its maximum enforcement play for the holiday.

"We privation to beryllium disposable to dilatory those drivers down. And to besides beryllium vigilant for those unsafe drivers retired determination that are causing astir of the problems retired there," said CHP spokesperson Mike Salas.

AAA is predicting a grounds fig of radical traveling by car this year. Driving experts accidental that aft decently inspecting your vehicle, determination are things you tin bash to enactment harmless portion connected the road.

"If you're astatine a halt motion and the fog is truly heavy and dense, you'll privation to rotation your windows down and you privation to perceive for the traffic, right. That's going to beryllium 1 of your biggest clues, if you can't see, you wanna beryllium capable to hear," said Learn 2 Drive Center's Jonathan Vargas.

When it comes to mediocre upwind conditions, Vargas said utilizing roadworthy reflectors and due headlights tin marque each the quality successful safety.

He besides encourages radical not to fto thing distract them portion driving.

"If you are driving successful the accelerated lane, you privation to beryllium cautious successful lawsuit you person a drunk operator coming connected the other broadside of the freeway, coming successful the incorrect entrance. And they're gonna deliberation that the accelerated lane is the dilatory lane. So, you wanna marque definite you're being alert of that," said Vargas.

He said it is the play of giving. So, effort and springiness that other abstraction to different drivers connected the road. You don't privation to get into a roadworthy rage incidental and not beryllium capable to bask the holiday.

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