Coastal Commuters - Safety Tips

Safety Tips

Carpoolers

If you form a carpool, you will eventually need to share some of your contact information with another person. Initially your matches will see only your "screen name", your age range, your sex if you specified it, and trip description. If you send one or more of your matches a request to set up a carpool, they will then receive some of your contact information. There are a few precautions you can take to protect your privacy in the initial steps of finding a ridesharing partner.

Don’t use your full name, or your email address, as your "screen name" when you register.
Instead of using your home address for your trip origin, choose a nearby intersection or other meeting location as your trip origin. The interactive map makes choosing locations easy.

When you are ready to meet your ridesharing partner, consider talking on the phone or meeting at a public, well-observed location to get to know each other better before beginning to carpool.

Cyclists

Please be aware that some of the designated bikeways in Chatham County are shared lanes with automobile traffic. Regardless of the type of bicycle facility on any given roadway, use your own judgment about safety and take precautions as you see fit. The Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission and organizations acting as its promotional partners are not liable for the consequences of your decisions.

Participation in Coastal Commuters programs, such as by carpooling, riding the bus, biking, or walking to or from work, and use of the Emergency Ride Home (ERH) program is an individual decision. Participants are completely responsible for the operation of carpools and participation in any Coastal Commuters program. COASTAL COMMUTERS, THE CHATHAM COUNTY-SAVANNAH METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION, AND EMPLOYERS ACTING AS ITS PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS, EXPENSES, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICIPATION IN A CARPOOL OR ERH PROGRAM OR FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL’S DECISION TO RIDE THE BUS, BICYCLE, OR WALK.