{"id":675,"date":"2015-10-28T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:40:58","slug":"transportation-driving-safe-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/transportation-driving-safe-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation &#8211; Driving Safe on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"style33\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The Palomar College Facilities Department Fleet Vehicles are a reflection of the College, therefore, our vehicles should be driven in a way that represents the College in a positive and safe manner.\u00a0 For our drivers this means extending that extra courtesy to other vehicles and pedestrians, following the rules of the road, and most importantly being safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWhen you take the wheel on or near campus, you owe it to yourself to raise your level of vigilance.\u00a0 Do everything a little more deliberately.\u00a0 Recognize certain \u201chot spots\u201d that should make you sit up straight, face front, turn down the radio, put animated conversation on hold, and expect the unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style33\" style=\"text-align: justify\">We all know what it\u2019s like to drive on campus once a class lets out.\u00a0 There are many pedestrians on the sidewalks and roads and we need to keep in mind that this campus is meant for pedestrians, not vehicles.\u00a0 Slow down and always give the pedestrian the right-of-way.\u00a0 Vehicles must remain on paved roads and paths and absolutely avoid taking short cuts through grass, gravel, and other inappropriate driving areas.\u00a0 Drivers must operate equipment at a safe speed for roadway conditions.\u00a0 A Good \u201crule of thumb\u201d is to drive at a fast walking pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palomar College Facilities Department Fleet Vehicles are a reflection of the College, therefore, our vehicles should be driven in a way that represents the College in a positive and&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/transportation-driving-safe-on-campus\/\">Continue Reading<span> Transportation &#8211; Driving Safe on Campus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6SoZz-aT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1063,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675\/revisions\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}