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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Everybody. Clay Ingram joins us now from Triple A, Alabama.
Clay welcome in.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, thanks, I appreciate you aving me.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
You know, McKenzie, my producer was answering the phone and
got you lined up here, and she says, I love
talking to him. It always means the holidays are here.
So that's a good point. That's a good point. So
with the holidays here, I mean Thanksgiving here, we are
a week from today. My gosh, is it time already?
I mean, it's going to be crazy out there on
the road. So let's start with First of all, it
(00:29):
is unfortunately one of the deadliest travel holidays out there,
with numerous fatalities last year, what about over three hundred.
Nearly half were unbuckled and didn't have their seat belts on.
So let's start with some safety tips.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, you know, it is really really amazing that there
are people driving around nowadays without wearing their seat belts.
It's just mind bottling that people still do that. It's
been proving time and time to time again that your
odds of surviving a crash or much much greater if
you've got your seat belt on. And I just don't
(01:04):
understand it. But you know, the good thing is we
have finally sort of accepted the fact that impaired driving
is a no no, and most people refrain from doing that.
We're still working on distracted driving. That's still that's just
as dangerous as driving drunk. It's just a different type
of danger. But a lot of people still don't understand that, unfortunately.
(01:27):
But you know, that's that's what we've got to remember.
It's just use some common sense. We're your seat belts,
don't don't drink and drive, don't drive distracted. Especially with
the traffic that we're going to see out here over
the next week or so, the congestion and the higher
volumes of traffic, it's just a lot more dangerous driving
distracted when the when the traffic level is up. So
(01:49):
we've got to be smarter than that and just do
the right thing. We know what to do. It's just
to most people have that do as I say, not
as I do mentality about these kinds of things, and
that's that's unfortunately. We need to do better than that.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Well, you know, and I think too. You know, kids,
if they see their parents doing it all the time,
it's going to be the first thing they do you know.
I watched my grandkids get in the car and they're
out of car seats. Now, obviously they're a little older,
but they're still under the age of ten, both of them.
But the first thing I do is they get in
the car and they put that seatbelt on. It's like
an automatic for them, even in the back seat. And
I saw another stat too, Clay. It's kind of weird that,
(02:25):
you know, most people put their seatbelts onto the back seat,
but it drops by ninety one percent for people in
the back seat. And I can't tell you how many
times I still pull up the lights and I see
little kids, you know, four or five, six years old,
standing up and bouncing around the back seat of a
car while mom and dad are up front and they
got their seat belts on, and these kids are just
(02:45):
back there. I mean, I used to do it when
I was a kid. I'd sleep on the floor of
the car driving to Grandma's house. And we had a
station wagon and sat in the very back. And I'll
be honest with that, we weren't in seat belts most
of the time either. But you know, and people say, well,
I'm a pretty I always say, look, you may be
the best driver on the road, but that person coming
(03:05):
at you running that light or stop sign may not
be the best driver. Now, if you're in a seatbelt,
your odds, like you said, are much greater if you
stay buckled up. So just think about the other guy
that's not the good driver.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, that's exactly right, ja, And that's what I always
told my kids when they were growing up, when they
thoss about the seat belt, I say, look, we're not
wearing our seat belts because of the way we drive.
We're wearing our seat belts because of the way other
people drive. And it's the other guy you got to
watch out for ninety nine percent of the time. So yeah,
a lot of people mistakenly think that you're much safer
(03:38):
in the back seat and you don't really need that
seat belt. But it's just as dangerous in the back
seat as it is the front seat, and especially for kids,
that will get thrown out of the vehicle if you
have a wreck, and that's just almost a death sentence
to get thrown from the vehicle. So we just got
to do a better job across the board with that
power of thing.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Gas prices are pretty good right now. There's a lot
of holiday travel that will be going on, Clay, Do
you anticipate this to be a heavier than usual season
this year?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah? Yeah, we really did, traveling a distance of fifty
miles or more across the country, and ninety percent of
those people will be traveling by automobile, maybe even a
little more than that with some of the shutdown issues
government shutdown issues we've had lately, so you know, it's
(04:27):
going to be busy. Gas prices are actually pretty good
right now. We're two seventy four a gallon. That's up
three cents a gallon in the last week, and we
might see it bump up a little bit more over
the over the coming week, but but you know, we're
we're I think a penny a gallon less than we
were the same time last year. So gas prices are
(04:49):
great comparatively, and you know, but we're still going to
see a lot of people on the roads or the
airport's going to be busy too. They're going to be
six million people traveling by air and that's a two
percent increase from last year. So this Thanksgiving home Day
will be the busiest one we've ever had. Without question.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Wow, that's crazy, you know, especially after the government shutdown,
people are back out there, and the airline industry has
told everybody, look, you know, we got it back open
just in time, and by the end of this week
they think we're going to be back up to one
hundred percent. But you know, you still have to take
into account it is Thanksgiving. It is going to be
busy out there. So I guess the thought there, if
you're flying, give yourself some extra time to have to
(05:29):
deal with all the crowds that are coming through. But
on the road, player, are there better times to travel?
I guess you know, four o'clock in the morning's better
than traveling at noon the day before Thanksgiving everything.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, yes, yes, you're exactly right. And you know, historically
the two busy stays or the Wednesday before and the
Sunday after. So if you can travel on different days
other than those, the traffic's going to be a little
bit better. But in addition to that, the mornings are
going to be the time of day that you're going
to want to be on the road. The afternoons are
(05:59):
going to be busier every day over the next week
or so. Now you've got to be careful if you've
leave it four in the morning. You don't want to
be a drowsy driver for checking out. You gotta be
smart about it and and you some common sense, but uh,
but yeah, it's the mornings are going to be the
better times to drive, and if you can drive a
(06:20):
day other than Wednesday or Sunday, that'll be better as.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Well, right, Clay, Well, thank you so much, buddy. I
always appreciate you checking in with us and getting us
up to date on what's happening out there. I hope
you and your family have a great Thanksgiving. We'll talk soon.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Thanks j to you too.
Everybody. Clay Ingram joins us now from Triple A, Alabama.
Clay welcome in.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, thanks, I appreciate you aving me.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
You know, McKenzie, my producer was answering the phone and
got you lined up here, and she says, I love
talking to him. It always means the holidays are here.
So that's a good point. That's a good point. So
with the holidays here, I mean Thanksgiving here, we are
a week from today. My gosh, is it time already?
I mean, it's going to be crazy out there on
the road. So let's start with First of all, it
(00:29):
is unfortunately one of the deadliest travel holidays out there,
with numerous fatalities last year, what about over three hundred.
Nearly half were unbuckled and didn't have their seat belts on.
So let's start with some safety tips.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, you know, it is really really amazing that there
are people driving around nowadays without wearing their seat belts.
It's just mind bottling that people still do that. It's
been proving time and time to time again that your
odds of surviving a crash or much much greater if
you've got your seat belt on. And I just don't
(01:04):
understand it. But you know, the good thing is we
have finally sort of accepted the fact that impaired driving
is a no no, and most people refrain from doing that.
We're still working on distracted driving. That's still that's just
as dangerous as driving drunk. It's just a different type
of danger. But a lot of people still don't understand that, unfortunately.
(01:27):
But you know, that's that's what we've got to remember.
It's just use some common sense. We're your seat belts,
don't don't drink and drive, don't drive distracted. Especially with
the traffic that we're going to see out here over
the next week or so, the congestion and the higher
volumes of traffic, it's just a lot more dangerous driving
distracted when the when the traffic level is up. So
(01:49):
we've got to be smarter than that and just do
the right thing. We know what to do. It's just
to most people have that do as I say, not
as I do mentality about these kinds of things, and
that's that's unfortunately. We need to do better than that.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Well, you know, and I think too. You know, kids,
if they see their parents doing it all the time,
it's going to be the first thing they do you know.
I watched my grandkids get in the car and they're
out of car seats. Now, obviously they're a little older,
but they're still under the age of ten, both of them.
But the first thing I do is they get in
the car and they put that seatbelt on. It's like
an automatic for them, even in the back seat. And
I saw another stat too, Clay. It's kind of weird that,
(02:25):
you know, most people put their seatbelts onto the back seat,
but it drops by ninety one percent for people in
the back seat. And I can't tell you how many
times I still pull up the lights and I see
little kids, you know, four or five, six years old,
standing up and bouncing around the back seat of a
car while mom and dad are up front and they
got their seat belts on, and these kids are just
(02:45):
back there. I mean, I used to do it when
I was a kid. I'd sleep on the floor of
the car driving to Grandma's house. And we had a
station wagon and sat in the very back. And I'll
be honest with that, we weren't in seat belts most
of the time either. But you know, and people say, well,
I'm a pretty I always say, look, you may be
the best driver on the road, but that person coming
(03:05):
at you running that light or stop sign may not
be the best driver. Now, if you're in a seatbelt,
your odds, like you said, are much greater if you
stay buckled up. So just think about the other guy
that's not the good driver.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, that's exactly right, ja, And that's what I always
told my kids when they were growing up, when they
thoss about the seat belt, I say, look, we're not
wearing our seat belts because of the way we drive.
We're wearing our seat belts because of the way other
people drive. And it's the other guy you got to
watch out for ninety nine percent of the time. So yeah,
a lot of people mistakenly think that you're much safer
(03:38):
in the back seat and you don't really need that
seat belt. But it's just as dangerous in the back
seat as it is the front seat, and especially for kids,
that will get thrown out of the vehicle if you
have a wreck, and that's just almost a death sentence
to get thrown from the vehicle. So we just got
to do a better job across the board with that
power of thing.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Gas prices are pretty good right now. There's a lot
of holiday travel that will be going on, Clay, Do
you anticipate this to be a heavier than usual season
this year?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah? Yeah, we really did, traveling a distance of fifty
miles or more across the country, and ninety percent of
those people will be traveling by automobile, maybe even a
little more than that with some of the shutdown issues
government shutdown issues we've had lately, so you know, it's
(04:27):
going to be busy. Gas prices are actually pretty good
right now. We're two seventy four a gallon. That's up
three cents a gallon in the last week, and we
might see it bump up a little bit more over
the over the coming week, but but you know, we're
we're I think a penny a gallon less than we
were the same time last year. So gas prices are
(04:49):
great comparatively, and you know, but we're still going to
see a lot of people on the roads or the
airport's going to be busy too. They're going to be
six million people traveling by air and that's a two
percent increase from last year. So this Thanksgiving home Day
will be the busiest one we've ever had. Without question.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Wow, that's crazy, you know, especially after the government shutdown,
people are back out there, and the airline industry has
told everybody, look, you know, we got it back open
just in time, and by the end of this week
they think we're going to be back up to one
hundred percent. But you know, you still have to take
into account it is Thanksgiving. It is going to be
busy out there. So I guess the thought there, if
you're flying, give yourself some extra time to have to
(05:29):
deal with all the crowds that are coming through. But
on the road, player, are there better times to travel?
I guess you know, four o'clock in the morning's better
than traveling at noon the day before Thanksgiving everything.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, yes, yes, you're exactly right. And you know, historically
the two busy stays or the Wednesday before and the
Sunday after. So if you can travel on different days
other than those, the traffic's going to be a little
bit better. But in addition to that, the mornings are
going to be the time of day that you're going
to want to be on the road. The afternoons are
(05:59):
going to be busier every day over the next week
or so. Now you've got to be careful if you've
leave it four in the morning. You don't want to
be a drowsy driver for checking out. You gotta be
smart about it and and you some common sense, but uh,
but yeah, it's the mornings are going to be the
better times to drive, and if you can drive a
(06:20):
day other than Wednesday or Sunday, that'll be better as.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Well, right, Clay, Well, thank you so much, buddy. I
always appreciate you checking in with us and getting us
up to date on what's happening out there. I hope
you and your family have a great Thanksgiving. We'll talk soon.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Thanks j to you too.
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