{"id":169733768,"date":"2010-05-19T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=169733768"},"modified":"2010-05-19T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T12:16:08","slug":"call-to-end-distracted-driving-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=169733768","title":{"rendered":"Call to end distracted driving goes global"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We also know that crash injuries are the leading cause [of death] for all 15-29 year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/usdotblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e551eea4f588340133edd751e6970b-popup\" style=\"display: inline;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UKcrash\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00e551eea4f588340133edd751e6970b-500wi\" \/><\/a> <br \/>In fact, the WHO projects that, by 2030 crash fatalities will become the 5th leading cause of all deaths worldwide, surpassing HIV\/AIDS, all forms of cancer, violence, and diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that these crashes, these deaths&#8211;they&#8217;re preventable. Between 80-90% of traffic accidents are caused by driver behaviors, dangerous and avoidable behaviors like distracted driving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fastlane.dot.gov\/2010\/05\/call-to-end-distracted-driving-goes-global-online-campaign-supports-un-event.html\">https:\/\/fastlane.dot.gov\/2010\/05\/call-to-end-distracted-driving-goes-global-online-campaign-supports-un-event.html<\/a>oldId.20100519121608517<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; We also know that crash injuries are the leading cause [of death] for all 15-29 year-olds. In fact, the WHO projects that, by 2030 crash fatalities will become the 5th leading cause of all deaths worldwide, surpassing HIV\/AIDS, all forms of cancer, violence, and diabetes. The good news is that these crashes, these deaths&#8211;they&#8217;re &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=169733768\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call to end distracted driving goes global&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169733768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169733768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169733768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169733768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169733768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169733768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169733768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}