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AUTUMN DRIVING CAN BE TRICKY
MEMBER SERVICES
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It’s getting to be that time of year again! The days are getting shorter and the kids are going back to school. Autumn can be a busy time of year on the roadways, and drivers need to modify their habits and pay attention to the different types of hazards that come with the change of seasons.
With schools back in session, that means more little pedestrians to watch out for, school buses and school zone speed limits.
Those 15- or 20-mph school zone speed limits may seem ridiculously slow, but they’re there for the protection of both pedestrians and vehicles operating around the school. Whether you agree with them or not, please obey those limits. School zones are often well-patrolled by law enforcement as well, even on days when school is not in session, so don’t take a chance.
Watch out around school buses too. When you’re approaching a stopped school bus with its red signal lights flashing, by law you must stop whether you’re behind the bus, approaching from the front or approaching an intersection where a bus is stopped. The only exception is when you’re traveling on the opposite side of a divided roadway from the stopped bus (such divisions are defined by concrete or metal barriers, guide rails or dividing sections with grass, trees, shrubs, rocks, etc.). You must stop at least 10 feet away from the bus, and you must wait until the red lights stop flashing
and the stop arm has been withdrawn before proceeding. Also, make certain that all children who exited the bus have gotten to a place of safety before you move (PennDOT’s “School Bus Stopping Law Fact Sheet”).
PRIVACY POLICY
AAA Northampton County respects your privacy. We want to assure you that safeguarding information about you is important to us. We gather nonpublic personal information about you only to conduct business on your behalf, provide superior service, and communicate offers on products and services that we believe will be of interest or benefit to you.
Information we collect.
We collect, from you or other sources, information such as your name, address and telephone number. We also collect information about your transactions with us or with others, such as purchases related to the use your membership card. Some information is accessible by you for your review and modification on our web site. Changing any personal information requires that you log in with a unique user name and password created by you.
Information we share.
We share information about you with companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. Because we value the trust you’ve placed in us, we require that these companies keep the information we send them confidential and limit their use of it
to the purposes for which we send it to them, such as notifying you of special offers. We also provide information about you to others as permitted or required by law for specific, limited purposes, such as processing transactions you request (towing, DMV), to subpoenas or government agencies.
Information protection.
We protect nonpublic personal information about you by restricting access to employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard this nonpublic personal information.
This notice is being provided on behalf of the following:
AAA Northampton County
Note: The words “you” and “your,” as used in this notice, mean an individual, including a former customer, who seeks to obtain, obtains, or has obtained a product or service from AAA Northampton County that is to be used primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
When the time comes, drivers should remember to note the dates and times of trick-or-treat in their community so they can be on the lookout for little superheroes, monsters, ghosts and goblins. Costumes can limit the wearer’s field of vision, which, coupled with the other unsafe behaviors often exhibited by young pedestrians, could make a dangerous situation even worse. Extreme caution, therefore, should be exercised around Halloween at those times.
Mid- to late-autumn usually brings cool, rainy days and nights. Fog often forms and wet, or even icy leaves on the roadway introduce yet another hazard of which to be wary. Leaves can be extremely slippery and sometimes cover up deep potholes, bumps in the road, or conceal roadway markings. Be sure to slow down on leaf-covered roads, or when approaching a patch of leaves to avoid losing traction and control of your vehicle, especially when making turns, and allow plenty of stopping distance between your vehicle and the vehicle in front of you.
ONLINE PRACTICES.
Web site information.
We collect information from our web site that you give to us. We use the information you provide to facilitate your requests, process any transactions you might initiate, or update your account.
Our web servers automatically recognize and record the domain name from which you access the internet and the names of the pages you visit while at our site. We use the information that we get from your visit for internal tracking purposes, to make our web site as useful and interesting to you as we can, to respond to your request for information or other services, and to advise you of services and products.
We collect information about the type and version of browser software you are using to enable us to properly display information and for statistical purposes, but we cannot use this information to identify you.
Secure transactions are accomplished with Secure Socket Layer technology (SSL) to assure that your data is safely communicated to us.
E-mail Addresses.
If you supply us with your e-mail address, we may let you know by e-mail about special marketing offers for products and services that may be of interest to you. This may include travel discounts and special offers. With each special marketing offer e-mail message we send, we will provide you with the opportunity to tell us that you do not wish to receive special marketing offer e-mail messages from us in the future. However, we reserve the right to service your account and communicate with you through e-mail about your account.
Use of “Cookies.”
We use a feature of your internet browser called a “cookie” (small file placed on the user’s hard drive) to facilitate site navigation, internet session, and to maintain security. For example, we use cookies to remember your personal settings, pre-fill forms for you, and to monitor your use of our web site to improve our services. We do not use cookies for any other purpose. If you choose not to enable cookies on your browser, you will not be able to use some of the services offered on our web site.
Opting Out
While we are permitted by law to disclose the information collected within the AAA family to non-affiliated
Never drive through a pile of leaves. In addition to the possibility of running over some hidden object that could puncture a tire, leaf piles are inviting places for children to play and burrow into. Parking on top of a pile of dry leaves also should be avoided, since heat from the exhaust system or catalytic converter could provide an ignition source and start a fire.
Lastly, watch out for large animals! Autumn is mating season for deer and other animals, and a buck chasing a doe won’t be paying much attention to oncoming traffic. Hunting activity can also flush animals onto roadways during the season, so a little extra caution on your part can keep you from having a really bad day. Get in the habit of scanning the roadway, and its edges, well ahead of your vehicle when traveling through areas frequented by animals, especially at night or during other periods of low visibility.
With safety in mind, be sure to get out there and enjoy this beautiful time of the year before winter sets in upon us once more.
parties with whom we have joint marketing agreements, we respect your privacy. If you prefer that we
do not disclose nonpublic information about you to nonaffiliated third parties, you may opt out of these disclosures. In other words, you may direct us not to make these disclosures, other than those permitted by law. If you wish to opt out of disclosures to non-affiliated third parties, you may opt out by returning
the coupon below to: AAA Northampton County, 3914 Hecktown Rd., Easton, PA 18045.
To opt out when using your AAA membership card for discounts at participating merchants, simply ask the merchant not to swipe your card.
Modification of Terms.
We may amend our Privacy Notice and Online Practices at any time. You should review the Privacy Notice and Online Practices from time to time to become aware of any changes.
Effective date: September 1, 2014
AAA Northampton County Privacy Disclosure/Opt Out Preference
Name: ________________________________________________________________ Membership Number:___________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: _________________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________________
o I prefer not to have AAA Northampton County share or disclose my nonpublic, personal information to third parties or joint marketing partners.
Please return form to:
AAA Northampton County, 3914 Hecktown Rd., Easton, PA 18045
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3914 Hecktown Rd., Easton, PA • (610) 258-2371 • www.aaanc.com
FALL 2015
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