Georgia Bikes! Share the Road Speciality License Plate Information
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mattmontgomery at: 11/17/2006 |
Georgia Bikes! has now made it easier for cycling enthusiasts around Georgia to purchase new Share the Road speciality license plates.
Last year, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation allowing the creation of a number of new speciality license plates. Included in the new plates suggested was a Georgia Bikes! Share the Road bicycle awareness plate. The plates cost $25 with all of the money collected going to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for use in motorist and cyclist safety, education, and awareness projects and programs.
So, show your support for cycling and bicycle safety in Georgia today!
FOR A HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION OF THE POSTER ABOVE, CLICK HERE
FOR AN APPLICATION FORM TO OBTAIN THE SHARE THE ROAD PLATE, CLICK HERE
FOR A LIST OF COUNTY TAG OFFICES TO SEND THE APPLICATION TO, CLICK HERE
Georgia Bikes! is on the web at http://www.georgiabikes.org
For additional news on GOHS license plates, visit http://www.gahighwaysafety.org/2006licenseplates.html
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New National Impaired Driving Slogan from NHTSA
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mattmontgomery at: 11/17/2006 |
As you know, NHTSA is planning to develop and test a new theme line to support the impaired driving crackdown in FY'06. The actual launch of the new campaign was to be in FY'07, but the timeline has been
accelerated. The new campaign theme will replace You Drink & Drive.
You Lose. which NHTSA and state and local partners across the nation have been using in support of enforcement activities since 1999. There are two reasons why we are making this change.
1) Congress has authorized almost $29 million for paid national
advertising during 2006 in support of state and local law enforcement activities. We plan to spend approximately $10 million for paid advertising to support Click It or Ticket and another $11 million during the annual Labor Day national enforcement crackdown. That leaves approximately $8 million available to buy national paid advertising in support of drunk driving enforcement activities during the December '06 holiday season. Accelerating the development and deployment of the new theme line helps us take full advantage of these new resources and jump-starts the process of building a strong new national enforcement brand to help stop impaired driving;
2) NHTSA is also accelerating the roll-out of the new theme line in
response to recent concerns raised by the Automobile Club of Southern California over the continued use of "You Drink & Drive. You Lose."
Although NHTSA has utilized You Drink & Drive. You Lose. since 1999, the Automobile Club of Southern California first trademarked the phrase in
1997 and has recently notified NHTSA of the trademark. Working out an agreement to continue the use of You Drink & Drive. You Lose proved
difficult. NHTSA will have a licensing agreement with the Auto Club of
Southern California that will allow states to continue to use their existing stock of You Drink & Drive. You Lose materials. If states produce new materials, attribution must be given to the Automobile Club of Southern California. The agreement will be signed in the next week and a copy sent to you at that time.
The new enforcement campaign theme line will be unveiled in April 2006.
Creative executions will be available the following month. We will be happy to share information with you throughout the process. NHTSA will continue to provide state technical assistance and will retag the national television campaign for states upon request.
This roll-out plan will put the new impaired driving prevention theme line fully in place before the planned 2006 national impaired driving enforcement crackdowns during the August/Labor Day period - and December/Holiday season.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sue Gorcowski at
(202) 366-2712 or susan.gorcowski@nhtsa.dot.gov.
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Updated "What New" Section
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mattmontgomery at: 11/17/2006 |
GOHS INTRODUCES NEW "WHAT'S NEW" SECTION
RSS Feeds and Mailing Capabilities add to GOHS Website functionality
On Friday, January 20th, GOHS started the first phase of its extended website redevelopment project by introducing a new "What's New" section for gahighwaysafety.org. Heeding the call of those wishing to research archived material, GOHS rolled out the "What's New" section as a sneak peek for other changes on the site.
Besides subject breakdowns by date, the new section has two major upgrades to its predecessor. The first of these is the ability of web readers to send highway safety articles directly to friends and families via the "Tell a Friend" button on the side of each new news article. This will allow for people to send specific news articles directly to interested parties without leaving the site.
Another interesting feature is the introduction of RSS.
From WiseGeek.com:
RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a useful tool for keeping updated on your favorite websites. RSS makes use of an XML code that constantly scans the content of a website for updates and then broadcasts those updates to all subscribers through a feed.
RSS feeds are typically used with news sites or blogs, although any website can use them to disseminate information. When an update is sent out, it includes a headline and a small amount of text, either a summary or the lead-in to the larger story. You will need to click a link to read more.
In order to receive RSS feeds, you must have an aggregator, a feed reader. There are a number of aggregators online, many of them free, so with a little bit of searching, you should be able to find an interface that appeals to you. In addition to being available on your computer, RSS feeds can also be read on PDAs and cell phones.
When you come across a website you would like to add to your aggregator, you can do so in one of two ways. Most sites that offer an RSS feed have an “RSS” or “XML” button on their homepage that you can click on and it will instantly add that feed to your aggregator. Depending on your aggregator, you may instead need to copy and paste the URL of the feed into the program.
By either method, the feed will be available as soon as you’ve added it, and your next update could arrive in seconds. If you ever decide that you don’t want to receive updates aymore, you simply delete the feed or URL from your aggregator.
Perhaps you already receive information on website updates through some sort of e-mail newsletter. RSS feeds are preferable to newsletter updates because they are instantaneous; you don’t have to wait until a designated day of the week to receive your summary. They will also never be held up by a spam filter.
RSS feeds are used daily by people who realize the convenience of up-to-the-minute news and reports and the time they can save reading only those updates that interest them, and they look to become even more popular in the future.
TO VIEW OTHER STORIES FROM THE "WHAT'S NEW" SECTION, VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.GAHIGHWAYSAFETY.ORG/WHATSNEWATGOHS/VIEWNEWS.ASP
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