(Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, is b b b bad to the bone)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has unveiled a new motorcycle safety initiative built on an “action plan” designed to guide the federal agency’s policy over the coming years.
The federal plan, unveiled November 2, was accompanied by a television public-service announcement featuring Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters (shown in a still photo from the PSA), herself a rider, relating her experience with a motorcycle crash that left her with a broken collarbone (See the TV spot at the NHTSA website.) The accompanying action plan calls for a focus on six areas. Click on the title link to see what those are.
No word if we’ll see Mary in her mod gear on an old Lambretta, but we’ll keep you posted.
8. November 2007 at 8:32 pm
If they were serious about reducing deaths of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists they would urge all states to ban cell-phone usage while driving.