NEW Bike Safety Videos:
Tips on Selecting a Bike
The Importance of a Helmet
Obey the Rules of the Road
Tips When Riding at Night
Before You Ride Perform, A-B-C
Tips on Staying Safe
Follow a link to a Press Release from USDOT Secty Ray LaHood supporting Safe Routes to Schools.U.S. Transportation Secretary Urges Students to Walk and Bike to School (04/23/10)
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/new-law-requires-all-new-jersey-automobile-passengers-to-wear-seat-belts
New Law requires all New Jersey automobile passengers to wear seat belts.
http://commutebybike.com/
Tips, bike reviews and safety information for bike commuters
http://www.nj.gov/oag/hts/index.html
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/PED_BIKE/ped/index.htm
FHWA Safety Program - A Large, Extensive Site Dedicated to Reducing Highway Fatalities. An invaluable resource for pedestrians and commuters
FHWA Highway Safety Imporvement Program
Local & Rural Road Safety
Roadway Departure Safety
Intersection Safety
Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety
Speed Management Safety
http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/
National Center for Safe Routes to School
http://njteendriving.publishpath.com/
The parent resource for teen driving safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/KidsandBikeSafetyWeb/sadfdsfNHSTA Kids and Bicycle Safety
http://www.njbackseatbullets.com/
New Jersey’s primary seat belt law contains a loophole that allows passengers 18 years of age and older to ride unrestrained in the back seat of a motor vehicle. In the event of a crash, unbelted back seat passengers become bullets, putting not only themselves, but everyone in the vehicle at risk. That’s because unbelted back seat passengers continue to move at the same rate of speed as the vehicle they are riding in until hitting something – the seat back, the dashboard, the windshield, the driver or another passenger. It’s also not uncommon for unbelted passengers to be thrown from a vehicle and either crushed by that vehicle or another on the road.
http://www.sjtsa.org/
South Jersey Traffic Safety Alliance
Helping to “move people safely” in Atlantic, Cape May,
Cumberland and Salem Counties
http://oli.org/
("Operation Lifesaver", important information
about safety around trains and railroads)
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/index.aspx
Home Safety Council, Summer Safety, Safety Guide,
Personalized Checklist
http://www.osha.gov/
United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration - Programs & Resources
http://www.cpsc.gov/tips.html
US Consumer Product Safety Commission Safety Tips
http://www.nsc.org/
National Safety Council, educate & influence people to prevent accidental injury & death
http://www.safety.com/
A good site for safety information, links and tips
http://www.njteendriving.com/
New Jersey TEEN DRIVING, The parent resource for teen driving safety
Whatever your method of commuting, remember to think SAFETY FIRST. Use the helpful links below to learn more about traveling safely on bike, foot, public transit, or car(pooling).
Drivers in the US spent on average more than 40 hours a year in slow-moving or stopped traffic