{"id":199353707,"date":"2011-04-27T08:01:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T08:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=199353707"},"modified":"2011-04-27T08:01:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T08:01:47","slug":"educating-motorists-during-distracted-driving-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=199353707","title":{"rendered":"Educating motorists during Distracted Driving Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Bikeleague.org Blog by Darren<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/fastlane.dot.gov\/2011\/04\/new-episode-of-on-the-go-with-ray-lahood-responds-toanother-set-of-terrific-questions-from-readers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video response to questions<\/a> from Twitter, Facebook, and his blog, the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, reminds us that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u4TR_aIY7y4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u4TR_aIY7y4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The League has been working to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and support state laws to outlaw it. See our Advocacy Advance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/resources\/reports\/pdfs\/distracted_driving_league_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>report on Distracted Driving<\/strong><\/a>. While the League focuses every day on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cyclist education<\/a>, distracted driving campaigns are important because they put the onus on drivers to do the right thing in keeping themselves and all road users safe. In that spirit, this month we are sending a mailing to ask members to<a href=\"https:\/\/members.bikeleague.org\/members_online\/members\/donations.asp?action=view&amp;fc=FD1&amp;ac=LAB&amp;cpgn=&amp;src\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> support our work <\/a>to do even more to stand up for cyclists and make motorists accountable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"STOP texting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/blog\/\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/STOP-texting-300x123.png\" alt=\"STOP texting\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bicyclefriendlyamerica\/bicyclefriendlystate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Bicycle Friendly State<\/a> program evaluates motorist education programs and allows us to share best practices, create model driving test questions, and provide solid information to DMVs and driving instructors. We will continue to work with the Department of Transportation as well as pedestrian and motorcyclist groups and participate in the Decade of Action on Road Safety, which is being launched during<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bikemonth\/events.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Bike Month<\/a> \u2014 and, of course, we will continue to spread the word about Distracted Driving. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/localnews\/ci_17921049?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story from Minnesota<\/a> shows that distracted driving is still a major problem for cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>We are telling motorists that sharing the road is a two-way street.<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/images\/darren_blog.jpg\" alt=\"My Signature\" style=\"margin-right:10px; float: left;\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Darren Flusche<br \/>League Policy Analyst<\/h3>\n<p>Flusche joined the League in April 2009 and has a B.A. in history from Syracuse University and a Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in public policy analysis from New York University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/educating-motorists-during-distracted-driving-awareness-month\/\">https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/educating-motorists-during-distracted-driving-awareness-month\/<\/a>oldId.20110427080147152<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Bikeleague.org Blog by Darren In a video response to questions from Twitter, Facebook, and his blog, the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, reminds us that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The League has been working to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and support state laws to outlaw it. See our &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=199353707\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Educating motorists during Distracted Driving Awareness Month&#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-199353707","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\/199353707","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=199353707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199353707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199353707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199353707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199353707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}