Motorcycle and Bicycle Safety Awareness\nMonth<\/em> is in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation,\nFlorida Police Chiefs Association, Florida Sheriffs Association and the Florida\nTrucking Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWhether you operate a large truck, passenger vehicle,\nmotorcycle or bicycle, take responsibility for your role on the road,\u201d said\nFLHSMV Executive Director Terry L. Rhodes. \u201cDrivers must always look twice for\nother road users, use caution when changing lanes and give others plenty of space.\nWe all share Florida\u2019s roadways, so always look out for one another to Arrive\nAlive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Preliminary figures indicate there were 8,997 motorcycle\ncrashes and 6,546 bicycle crashes in Florida in 2018. On average that\u2019s more\nthan 300 motorcycle and bicycle crashes every week, resulting in 635 motorcycle\nand bicycle fatalities last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSharing our roadways is everyone\u2019s responsibility and\ndrivers must stay alert for motorcycles and bicycles,\u201d said Colonel Gene S.\nSpaulding, Director of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). \u201cSafety is FHP\u2019s\nnumber one priority, use caution to ensure Florida\u2019s vulnerable road users\narrive safely to their destination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the 2018 preliminary figures, of the 9,657\nmotorcyclists involved in a crash, 60 percent were wearing a helmet, eight\npercent more than in 2017. Of the 7,249 bicyclists involved in a crash in 2018,\n87 percent were not wearing a helmet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to motorcycles and bicycles, motorists are reminded to safely share the road with commercial vehicles. Large trucks do not maneuver like passenger vehicles. Drivers are reminded to stay out of the \u201cNo Zone,\u201d the blind spots in front, behind and on both sides of commercial vehicles, and never tailgate. Always pass on the left for maximum visibility and watch for wide turns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen drivers properly Share the Road, everyone is safer,\u201d said Matt Nasworthy, Florida Public Affairs Director, AAA \u2013 The Auto Club Group. \u201cAll roadway users need to be aware of their surroundings, follow the rules of the road and give other vehicles ample space to operate safely.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) is reminding motorists statewide to share the road with motorcycles and bicycles in an effort to reduce crashes involving these vulnerable road users. FLHSMV\u2019s Motorcycle and Bicycle Safety Awareness Month is in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Police Chiefs Association, Florida Sheriffs Association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":8621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}