Staying Safe Today

06 Jun Staying Safe Today

For those of us raising children, it’s not super common to send them a few blocks off to play with without ensuring they have got a buddy to walk with. If they’re not likely to be using a buddy, we often walk ourselves. We don’t let them ride a bicycle or ski without wearing a helmet, and we get nervous when they’re small and playing out at the front yard. Right?

If you are a girl, you might think twice before conducting at nighttime without taking mace, and in daylight, a secluded nature course may appear to be a sketchy gamble. As adults, we take note of the scary sides of town, the areas you do not wish to be after dark, the things that are better to steer clear of. We lock the doors at night and check the windows, and we’re careful to not leave our cellular devices unattended. And here’s the thing: it is not like more scary things happen now than historically, but it seems like we find ourselves thinking more often about what can go wrong. Think, for a moment, about the way the above practices we reside would have been foreign to our own great-grandparents.

We browse with accounts all of the time: bank passwords, email passwords, the passwords to your account on preferred retailers’ websites and Amazon, and the list goes on. Our great-grandparents did not reside from the world of the world wide web, cell phones, and tablet computers. But we do, and also in order to keep it all straight and make sure we do not get mixed up in some individuality or financial theft (or heaven knows what else!) , we utilize passwords. Like mad.

How about all the regulations for the food you purchase from the store? Back in the day, folks grew their own produce, harvested it, rinsed it (or not), and sold it. When you would purchase food at a joint on the side of the street, there were no stipulations for food handling and being able to run a restaurant. It just was not done. In the present world, we read food labels (we want the nitty gritty), we trace the “sell by” and “use by” dates as they’re our religion, and if we walk to a restaurant which doesn’t seem tidy, we turn around and walk out the door again.

Our great-grandparents did not go to the airport and get cushioned at security, and their children didn’t walk through college doors equipped with metal detectors. 9/11 forever altered the world — of airport safety, certainly, but the ripple effects extended much further than that. And mass shootings in public areas (among other terror strikes) have made us much more vigilant in regards to safety.

And hey. . .would your great-grandmother ever have thought to put her kid in a swim diaper and plastic pants when they had been going for an outing at the pool? And about the drive to lather on sunscreen at considerable amounts to keep the kiddo protected from the sun’s UV rays? (We would wager not least of which because they likely hit the local stream or pond to cool off if it was hot, rather than a public swimming pool) It was a different planet, and what’s common for us now would not have become the norm for them.

And, since we’re in the transportation business, it would be an oversight to neglect to mention seat belts. Years ago, kids rode in the front seat, back seat, sleeper chair, or back-of-the-pickup chair like it was no big deal, and with no seat belt. Nobody even blinked or thought twice about it. Today, though? Get caught doing this and you will be ticketed and fined. We buckle up for all, and even buses are now being made with versions that have seat belts.

And when you ride in a motorcoach, it might be important that you know about our security record, another thing that folks may not even have thought about 100 decades ago. In keeping with the tendencies of our time, we make it a point to prioritize our passengers’ security. We work hard to keep the highest criteria–in the upkeep of our fleet vehicles to make sure they are in top condition, in addition to being cautious in our hiring process so that nobody is behind the wheel that shouldn’t be. When you ride with our charter bus New England, we all want you to feel 100% confident that you are in great hands!