Safety experts recommend switching off every three hours. Make sure that you and everyone on your trip is carrying emergency contact information and valid identification.Plan your trip to include a 15-minute break every two hours.Be aware of the risks if you get up unusually early to start your trip or leave directly from work or school when you are tired. Here are some recommendations you should consider and pass along to family members and friends who may be traveling by car during the holidays: College students whose holiday break begin after classes on Friday may be headed home as well. This year like normal there will no doubt be many people who leave work on Friday and start out on long-distance trips to be with family or friends. Falling asleep at the wheel is obviously the most dangerous result, but tired drivers also tend to be more irritable and impatient. Another danger that is often forgotten, but also a huge problem during this hectic time of year, is driving while drowsy.Get a cup of coffee or tea and relax for 10 minutes before you dive back in to the frenzy. This morning a boy who said he was Machado's brother sat with on a bench at the back of the courtroom with another young man.Take note of your emotions and consider taking a break if you get too stressed out, irritated or emotional. Taunton's schools superintendent, Arthur Stellar, said Thursday that the boy who was killed was a pupil at Friedman Middle School who has at least one school-age sibling, a brother who attends Taunton High School. After driving back by the crash scene, Bigos waited several hours before turning himself in Thursday afternoon, said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney. Police said Bigos's 1995 Ford Explorer was found parked at his home. Eight of his relatives came today to court. He was driving from his mother’s in New Bedford to the home he shares with his girlfriend on Williams Street. Igo, said in court that Bigos has never been convicted of a crime and has four children with his girlfriend of 12 years. He was arraigned on charges that included motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and driving without a license. Bigos hung his head in court today and was released on $5,000 bail. Police said the friend, also 13, attempted to call 911, but was unable to get through on his cellphone. Machado was riding a bicycle and his friend was walking on the soft shoulder of the road. to meet two girls, Strojny said today in Taunton District Court. Strojny.The boy, Earman Machado, was sleeping over at a friend's house Thursday night. Bigos, 31, told investigators that he did not realize the SUV had struck the boy on the bicycle until he drove back down Poole Street hours later on his way to work at a restaurant, said Bristol County prosecutor Aaron T. The man accused of killing a 13-year-old boy in a hit-and-run in Taunton told police he was behind the wheel typing a text message on his cellphone when he lost control of the sport utility vehicle and hit what he thought was a mailbox, a prosecutor said today in court. One thing is for certain: cell phone use while driving is absolutely illegal in California and has been proven time and again that it is unsafe. Perhaps he was anticipating the next message or looking at his phone at the time of the incident – we’ll never know. Why? For several miles prior to the accident, he had been text messaging back and forth with someone else. It was determined somehow that Kuehl did not send or receive a text message at the exact moment of the accident, but he’s still facing felony charges (requests to lower the charge to a misdemeanor, which is unthinkable, were denied). The prosecution in the case contends that Kuehl was text messaging while driving and became inattentive resulting in the accident. On August 28, 2009, Kuehl hit and killed Martha Ovalle, 32, as she was crossing the street. (A friend once joked that people who drive and text message are stupid – phones these days are capable of Internet and so much more.) Martin Kuehl, 41, of Costa Mesa, California is now facing potentially up to nine years in prison if he is convicted for gross vehicular manslaughter. There is just no getting around it: text messaging while driving can never result in anything good.
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