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Tennessee Highway Safety Office, Tennessee Highway Patrol, AAA’s The Auto Club Group
Remind Drivers to Look Twice during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
NASHVILLE – On Wednesday, May 3, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) will host a press event with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), AAA – The Auto Club Group, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to kick off Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. This press event will take place in conjunction with the Seventh Annual Music City Police Motorcycle Skills and Training Competition, hosted by the THP’s “Falcons” Motor Unit at Opry Mills.
According to the Tennessee Integrated Traffic Analysis Network (TITAN), Tennessee experienced 3,116 motorcycle crashes statewide last year, 142 of which resulted in a motorcyclist fatality. Eight motorcyclists were killed in 2016 because they were not wearing helmets.During the event, the THSO will display an interactive motorcycle exhibit, donated by Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman. The exhibit contains the crashed motorcycle of Schlapman’s brother-in-law, Allen, who passed away in 2012 after his motorcycle was hit head-on by a drunk driver. Event details are listed below.
WHAT: Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Kick-Off
WHEN: Wednesday, May 3, 2017
11 a.m. CT
433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
SPEAKERS: Director Vic Donoho, Tennessee Highway Safety Office
Major Tony Barham, Tennessee Highway Patrol
Megan Osborne, AAA – The Auto Club Group
Dr. Bradley Dennis, Director of Trauma Outreach Education and Injury Prevention
For more information about motorcycle safety or the THSO, please visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.
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