{"id":6750,"date":"2011-04-23T01:39:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T06:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2011-04-23T01:39:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T06:39:26","slug":"safety-bug-to-visit-area-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/04\/23\/safety-bug-to-visit-area-high-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Bug to visit area high schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Erie Insurance Lookin&#8217; Out Safety Bug will visit four area high schools during the coming week. The Safety Bug will appear at Crestview High School on April 26, Antwerp High School on April 27, Van Wert High School on April 28, and Lincolnview High School on April 29.\u00a0 All events will take place in the respective school parking lots from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6751\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6751 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Safety-Bug-photo-4-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"195\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lookin&#039; Out Safety Bug is ready to roll. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erieinsurance.com\/lookinout\/GettingStarted\/Activities\/SafetyBug.html\">Lookin\u2019 Out Safety Bug<\/a> is a custom engineered Volkswagen Beetle that allows drivers the real life experience of driving while impaired, without the real life risk.\u00a0 Licensed drivers experience the loss of control an individual would realize if attempting to operate an automobile while in an impaired state.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from Ohio State Highway Patrol will also be on hand to talk to students at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Lookin\u2019 Out Safety Bug is just one aspect of the Erie Insurance Lookin\u2019 Out program, a safe teen driving initiative in which positive messages are created by students for their friends.\u00a0 Lookin\u2019 Out seeks to educate young drivers and save lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Lookin\u2019 Out committees at each school have been working with their Erie Insurance Agent Advisor, Krista Schlemmer, of the Leland Smith Insurance Agency, to help educate their peers about the dangers teens face on the road.<\/p>\n<p>The Lookin\u2019 Out Safety Bug is operated by the Pennsylvania DUI Association in partnership with Erie Insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Erie Insurance Lookin&#8217; Out Safety Bug will visit four area high schools during the coming week. The Safety Bug will appear at Crestview High School on April 26, Antwerp High School on April 27, Van Wert High School on April 28, and Lincolnview High School on April 29.\u00a0 All events will take place in [&hellip;]<\/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-6750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 21:50:32","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\/6750","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=6750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}