Here’s advice from AAA Exchange on how to keep trick-or-treat night safe as well as fun:

Motorists, remember to: 

• Slow down in residential neighborhoods and obey all traffic signs and signals. Drive at least 5 mph below the posted speed limit to give yourself extra time to react to children who may dart into the street.

• Watch for children walking on roadways, medians and curbs. In dark costumes, they’ll be harder to see at night.

• Look for children crossing the street. They may not be paying attention to traffic and cross the street mid-block or between parked cars.

• Carefully enter and exit driveways and alleys.

• Turn on your headlights to make yourself more visible — even in the daylight.

• Broaden your scanning by looking for children left and right into yards and front porches.

Parents, remember to: 

• Ensure an adult or an older, responsible youth is available to supervise children under age 12.

• Plan and discuss the route your trick-or-treaters will follow.

• Instruct children to travel only in familiar areas and along established routes.

• Teach children to stop only at well-lit houses and to never enter a stranger’s home or garage.

• Establish a time for children to return home.

• Tell children not to eat any treats until they get home.

• Review trick-or-treating safety precautions, including pedestrian and traffic safety rules.

• Make sure Halloween costumes are flame-retardant and visible with retro-reflective material.

Trick-or-Treaters

• Be bright at night — wear retro-reflective tape on costumes and treat buckets to improve visibility to motorists and others.

• Wear costumes that don’t obstruct vision, and avoid facemasks. Instead, use nontoxic face paint. Also, watch the length of billowy costumes to help avoid tripping.

• Ensure any props are flexible and blunt-tipped to avoid injury from tripping or horseplay.

• Carry a flashlight containing fresh batteries, and place it facedown in the treat bucket to free up one hand. Never shine it into the eyes of oncoming drivers.

• Stay on sidewalks and avoid walking in streets if possible. If there are no sidewalks, walk on the left side of the road, facing traffic.

• Look both ways and listen for traffic before crossing the street. Cross streets only at the corner, and never cross between parked vehicles or mid-block.

• Trick-or-treat in a group if someone older cannot go with you. Tell your parents where you are going.