{"id":200869786,"date":"2011-05-14T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=200869786"},"modified":"2011-05-14T21:09:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T21:09:46","slug":"with-skulls-and-bones-signs-that-say-speed-kills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=200869786","title":{"rendered":"With Skulls and Bones, Signs That Say \u2018Speed Kills\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TRAFFIC1-articleInline.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TRAFFIC2-articleInline.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><br \/>\nTo promote pedestrian safety,  New York City plans to introduce LED warning signs that feature a skeletal figure and warn drivers of the speed limit and how fast they are going.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n\u201cThe idea is to get people to realize that what they\u2019re doing can kill them or kill somebody else,\u201d the mayor said at a news conference on Thursday. \u201cUnless you make it graphic, people don\u2019t get the message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skeletons are already a trope of the Transportation Department\u2019s \u201cThat\u2019s Why It\u2019s 30\u201d publicity campaign, which reminds drivers through bus shelter posters and television announcements that cars traveling at 40 m.p.h. are far more dangerous to pedestrians than vehicles that follow the speed limit.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>[B&#8217; Spokes: Has any one else notice that our &#8220;speed&#8221; cameras allow for near 40mph in school zones? (25+12=37mph)]<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/13\/nyregion\/skeleton-to-appear-on-new-york-city-speeding-signs.html?_r=1\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/13\/nyregion\/skeleton-to-appear-on-new-york-city-speeding-signs.html?_r=1<\/a>oldId.20110514210946148<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To promote pedestrian safety, New York City plans to introduce LED warning signs that feature a skeletal figure and warn drivers of the speed limit and how fast they are going. \u201cThe idea is to get people to realize that what they\u2019re doing can kill them or kill somebody else,\u201d the mayor said at a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=200869786\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;With Skulls and Bones, Signs That Say \u2018Speed Kills\u2019&#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-200869786","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\/200869786","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=200869786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200869786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200869786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200869786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200869786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}