{"id":9936,"date":"2015-05-05T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2015-05-05T00:23:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T05:23:32","slug":"tennessee-governors-highway-safety-office-announces-motorcycle-safety-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2015\/05\/05\/tennessee-governors-highway-safety-office-announces-motorcycle-safety-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office announces Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Governor\u2019sTennessee <\/strong>– May is designated as national Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The Tennessee Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol joined to share a unified message: Share the Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the weather gets warmer, more and more motorcyclists will be on the road,\u201d said Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office Director Kendell Poole. \u201cIt takes everyone working together to stay safe. Motorcyclists take extra precaution with protective gear and being aware of their surroundings. We are asking all other drivers to do their part and take the extra time to look twice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tennessee<\/a>

Tennessee Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office announces Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, there were 2,710 known crashes involving a motorcycle in 2014 that resulted in 121 deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a car collides with a motorcyclist, it is much different than a crash between two cars,\u201d said Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott. \u201cA motorcyclist has little defense against the tons of steel that will hit them. While traffic fatalities statewide are declining, motorcycle fatalities have continued to rise. Over the last decade, we have seen an approximate twenty-five percent increase.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among those speaking at the press event included motorcycle crash survivor Wayne Fielder. In 2008, Wayne was riding his 2005 Harley Davidson \u201cFatboy\u201d in Lebanon when a car cut in front of him. He hit the bumper and side wheel of the other vehicle and was thrown several feet upon impact. \u201cI am living proof of the consequences that can occur when drivers don\u2019t take the extra second to look twice. There are countless others that don\u2019t survive a crash like mine. If I can communicate one thing today, it\u2019s please share the road.\u201d Wayne suffered extensive nerve damage and injury required him to have below the knee amputation.<\/p>\n

Dr. Brad Dennis, Director of Trauma Outreach and Education at Vanderbilt Medical Center, attended the event to discuss his experiences in the critical care unit. \u201cThe biggest threat to motorcyclists today is other drivers. I encourage all drivers to be aware of those around them on roadways, especially motorcyclists. The most important thing motorcyclists can do to protect themselves is to wear the appropriate gear. Without a doubt, the most essential piece of protection is a full-face helmet. There is overwhelming research that demonstrates that helmet-use is the best chance for survival in motorcycle crashes.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are additional steps that even a seasoned motorcycle rider can take to become more experienced. \u201cThe Tennessee Motorcycle Rider Education Program (MREP) can teach everyone to ride a motorcycle safely. It also teaches experienced riders to ride safer. We have a learn-to-ride program that fits everyone, from people who have never ridden a motorcycle to people who are experienced,\u201d said MREP Instructor T. J. Tennent.<\/p>\n

For more information about motorcycle safety, please visit the Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office website at www.tntrafficsafety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennessee – May is designated as national Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The Tennessee Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol joined to share a unified message: Share the Road. \u201cAs the weather gets warmer, more and more motorcyclists will be on the road,\u201d said Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Office Director Kendell Poole. \u201cIt takes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[1362,10209,596,10208,261,692,10211,1946,10210],"class_list":["post-9936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-governors-highway-safety-office","tag-harley-davidson","tag-kendell-poole","tag-motorcycle-safety-awareness-month","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-highway-patrol","tag-tennessee-motorcycle-rider-education-program","tag-tracy-trott","tag-vanderbilt-university-medical-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9937,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions\/9937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}