Traffic Safety Resources

Motorcycle Safety Resources

Resources from the Motorcycle Safety Education Seminar

On February 12, 2009 Franklin County Safe Communities, together with the American Motorcyclist Association, ColumbusBiker.com and Grant Medical Center Trauma, hosted a motorcycle safety workshop to help injury prevention professionals develop programs and projects to prevent motorcycle related injuries and deaths.  Links to presentations from the workshop are below.

Motorcycle Safety Training for Injury Prevention Professionals

An introductory presentation to the workshop, highlighting motorcycle use trends in Ohio, demographics of Ohio motorcycling community, the need for motorcycle safety training among injury prevention professionals, and re-entry riders.

Riding Unimpaired – Imre F. Szauter, American Motorcyclist Association

A presentation that addresses the contributions of alcohol to fatal motorcycle crashes and highlights campaigns, materials, and resources available for use in developing impaired riding prevention messages, activities and programs.

Accommodating Motorcycles in Highway Maintenance and Design - Michelle May, Ohio Department of Transportation, Safety Program

A presentation on the impact of highway maintenance and design on motorcycle safety. The presentation gives an overview of Ohio motorcycle crash statistics and describes how ODOT works to address the concerns of motorcyclists and how build and maintain roads to improve motorcycle safety.    

Motorcycle Safety Resource Guide for Injury Prevention Professionals

Franklin County Safe Communities developed the Motorcycle Safety Resource Guide to help injury prevention professionals create effective programs that reduce injuries and deaths related to motorcycling in Ohio. The guide contains a comprehensive listing of motorcycle safety research, statistics, education and program support materials and the web address where each resource can be found.   Click here to download a PDF of the Motorcycle Safety Resource Guide.

Holiday Campaign

Though the Holiday season is full of celebration and cheer, it is also one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year because of buzzed or drunk driving. In December 2007, 992 people were killed in crashes involving a drunk driver or motorcyclists with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit (.08 or higher). Franklin County Safe Communities urges you to take precautions to ensure drunk driving doesn’t SMASH your holiday fun.

Tips for a Safe Holiday Party

Throwing a holiday party? Franklin County Safe Communities offers a few tips to ensure your guests travel safely to and from your party.

    • Assign designated drivers – serve them drivers non-alcoholic beverages only.
    • Encourage conversation and games. Keep the focus on fun, not on alcohol.
    • Do not allow guests to mix their own drinks.

Follow the link for the complete list of Tips for Planning a Safe Holiday Party.

 

Holiday Mock-Tails

The holidays bring family and friends together for festivities and fun. For a safe and sober celebration, Safe Communities suggests serving mock-tails (alcohol free cocktails). For recipe ideas, follow the link to the Safe Communities Holiday Mock-tail Recipe Book.

Order FREE Safety Materials

Safe Communities is happy to provide you or your organization with free traffic safety materials. See the list of items below and email or call us with your order. Please note that we may not always have the items/quantities in stock. These items are provided by the Ohio Department of Public Safety and may take 1-2 weeks to arrive.

Euro Style Safety Belt Stickers- order in quantities of 25

What’s Holding You Back? Yard signs

Safety Belt Litter Bags

Other items that can be ordered directly from ODPS

There are a variety of free safety materials available from the Ohio Department of Public Safety.  To view what is available, click here.

Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25® yard signs available for $4 per sign

Are you a business owner/manager? Are you looking to find ways to reach your patrons with safety messages?

Safe Communities strives to build relationships with businesses in our community so that together we can reduce the number of injuries and fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes. It would be our privilege to partner with your business to do public awareness about impaired driving, safety belt use, motorcycle safety, teen drivers, senior drivers and pedestrians. Please see our current projects page on ways we are already working with businesses/agencies in the community.