{"id":165900,"date":"2023-05-08T03:48:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=165900"},"modified":"2023-05-09T03:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:54:27","slug":"thousands-of-bike-helmets-going-to-kids-across-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/05\/08\/thousands-of-bike-helmets-going-to-kids-across-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike helmets going to kids across Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — May is Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Month. Nearly 10,000 bicycle helmets will be going to children across Ohio this spring thanks to the \u201cPut A Lid On It!\u201d campaign, a continued partnership between the Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Academy of Pediatrics – Ohio Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partners from nearly 160 law enforcement agencies and community organizations, Safe Routes to School programs, and Safe Communities programs traveled to Columbus to pick up their allotment of helmets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bicycle helmets are loaded up for distribution to children around Ohio. Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since 2018, nearly 2,000 kids under the age of 18 have been struck by a motor vehicle while biking in Ohio. More than 200 of these crashes resulted in either a life-altering injury or fatality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers found that nearly three-quarters of all bike-related fatalities would be prevented by a helmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent and severe brain injury by 88 percent,” Ohio AAP CEO Melissa Wervey Arnold said. “It’s important that kids not only wear a helmet, but that the helmet is the right size and fitted properly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the 13th year for the distribution and eighth year for the partnership between Ohio AAP and ODOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We want to equip our most vulnerable road users who are learning how to ride with everything they might need to be able to continue riding in the future,” ODOT Active Transportation Manager Caitlin Harley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Motorists should always:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Slow down and drive at a safe speed <\/li>
  • Look for people biking when turning <\/li>
  • Changes lanes to pass <\/li>
  • Put the phone away<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    In Ohio, bikes are vehicles and people on bikes have the same roadway rights and responsibilities as other vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Additionally, through ODOT\u2019s Safe Routes to School program, ODOT is supporting local governments and school districts with infrastructure enhancements that make it safer for kids to walk and bike to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “We know that providing and maintaining sidewalks and paths for kids to travel separated from traffic is critical for reducing conflicts and ultimately eliminating injury and fatalities,” Harley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To learn more about Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Month, visit the Put A Lid On It page at the Ohio AAP\u2019s website at www.ohioaap.org\/putalidonit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Submitted information COLUMBUS — May is Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Month. Nearly 10,000 bicycle helmets will be going to children across Ohio this spring thanks to the \u201cPut A Lid On It!\u201d campaign, a continued partnership between the Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Academy of Pediatrics – Ohio Chapter. Partners from nearly 160 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 16:20:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165900"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165961,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165900\/revisions\/165961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}