Be Safe Be Seen Proclamation
Channel: Kirk Caldwell
Date: 2014-10-31

Mayor Caldwell was joined by 25 students from Princess Victoria Kai‘ulani Elementary School with their Principal, Jill Puletasi, to proclaim tomorrow, October 31, 2014, as “BE SAFE, BE SEEN” Halloween Pedestrian Safety Day. 

“BE SAFE, BE SEEN” is sponsored by Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services. It encourages trick-or-treaters (young and old) to wear retro-reflective, adhesive-backed stickers on their costumes or trick-or-treat containers so that motorists may see them more easily while on the roads.

National studies have shown that wearing these retro-reflective materials greatly increases the visibility of pedestrians at night. A person can be seen from 500 feet away when wearing retro-reflective material. Wearing these stickers in addition to obeying traffic regulations will help raise the level of safety for all road users.

Through a partnership with the Honolulu Police Department and the State of Hawaii departments of transportation and education, approximately 70,000 stickers are distributed to public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade on O‘ahu. The stickers are also available at O‘ahu’s satellite city halls.