May Motorcycle Awareness Safety Month: Time to share the road, save lives
Busy roadways and reduced respect for riders and drivers means it's time for a renewed focus on safety. Especially as Arizona was just named one of the top 10 states with the worst drivers/riders in the nation. * Arizona Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Foundation * (AMSAF) is playing a key role in the statewide effort known as * Share the Road * , which is geared to significantly reduce the number of crashes and fatalities on Arizona roadways. AMSAF, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (AZGOHS) and key sponsors are providing discounted rider scholarships so riders get properly trained, offer a unique helmet program with substantial savings to protect riders and AMSAF provides startling, yet critical information about the importance of roadway respect and the need to reduce distracted driving as millions of new drivers are moving to this state everyday…and it is impacting Arizona roadways in a major way.' Last year, along with more than 3,100 motorcycle and 123,000 all other vehicle crashes in which people were hurt, there were record numbers of fatalities. According to * Mick Degn * , executive director for the AMSAF, last year, the * * economic loss due to vehicle crashes was more than $10 billion. And, some 126,987 crashes took place in Arizona alone. Degn says the * Share the Road * program is a statewide public awareness effort aimed at focusing Arizona motorists on the critical need to be undistracted when driving and 2) provide scholarships, statewide, to train motorcyclists how to ride more defensively. This multi-pronged movement, which is geared to reduce the number of crashes and fatalities on Arizona roads, is supported and promoted by the Arizona governor, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (AZGOHS), AMSAF, Dignity Health (Chandler Regional Medical Center), RideNow Powersports, Law Tigers and many other supporters. Share the Road originally was developed to provide training scholarships at a reduced cost so more Arizonans could get the training they need to ride safely. However, half of the crashes and fatalities on Arizona roadways are the result of distracted drivers and corporations and organizations statewide are saying enough is enough… * everyone * operating a vehicle in Arizona has to start paying more attention. * What is AMSAF? * AMSAF, a 501c(3) non-profit organization, works with the State of Arizona, business partners and sponsors including local businesses, healthcare, police departments, insurance, legal and other prominent entities and individuals, to help decrease the number of distracted and DUI-impaired drivers and to provide scholarships, statewide, to train motorcyclists how to ride more defensively. Our overall mission is safety awareness to reduce the phenomenal number of crashes and fatalities on our roadways. Currently Adds Degn, “After all, the people who share our roadways are * your * family members, customers, friends and colleagues. Their lives matter as does their safety and the safety of others. It’s time to intensify our focus and awareness and training, as the principal keys to driver/rider safety.�?? ======================================== Booth Communications 5036 E Rancho del Oro Drive, AZ, 85331 United States fran@boothcommunications.com If you would like to opt out of future emails, please <http://click.agilitypr.delivery/asm/unsubscribe/?user_id=9911492&data=J9TgL8dAIbA4rdTlVj4lOkxTLy8kBvklwZBUa2IW5y0uwu85fWzdk6F6usMTeZC8f5Kb9_l3JAFGUmmUi115t0HQOGzWOe0pXTKjPldThE4lCoNQWQ0COWRaRYQhlTqUa5aaRc-PiKXazaEEUd2qQvaM0Nzm5gC3VONiRpvY9RckwDmIobJ6vvvc9ERH4xapQNBqt1KNTZMrpKkRBArTPEYLl0cw85FXBy3BGLHZ7Bxc3Cyl6bw5dIBDvHwKpUBsctzMn_nqmSIoOIxp_inLC9QizzhVWn3dESoGzLEI9_Uu0iYGWg5q3OYJ9zRxof1_iAhlBBzoZ3RSdp63_4RpLsAsibmA66f-9j_5e5FDzzWhtdzxaQDI1EZlgy3K-E88bDV-A_5j-7tMXePfkkbEq0u6D3doKW2yUTFTBW81k6vprntjn-7SQ_28sULW8gBKf1Fgxd0oCcFldUCr1B6S3GJKnSqlblEZuG4WDE8wxbOYTrmcY_JVuWYVmRk0Xzgs0meFkp5RcUfPPHyikVDdvYiM9FiH0zc0dpcEAnBRTrP_xsOjEUsKTNzL4cjJHVh6J7UqQEN-vq_GRHyj3LqoE-KrWwHglAAjdU_auftW6Fk8mqARyjIBoDmlb4Z3A2Qb>