Categories:
Personal Safety,
Protecting Against Sexual Assault
- Avoid walking alone at night
- Walk only on busy, well lit streets
- Vary your daily routine
- Carry a whistle
- Do not walk too closely to the inside of a sidewalk, near bushes, alley entrances, driveways or entrances to private places
- Try not to overload yourself with packages
- Do not hitchhike or accept rides from strangers
- If a car approaches and the driver bothers you, walk in the opposite direction
- If someone asks you for directions from their car, do not walk over to them, make them speak louder
- Don’t walk through dark parking lots, parks or other dark places
- If you think someone is following you, do not go home, go instead to a neighbor’s house, open business or other well lighted place where there should be people to help you
- If you arrive home by taxi or with a friend, ask them to wait until you are inside your home