{"id":1012,"date":"2021-01-26T01:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/virginia\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:10:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:10:31","slug":"nhtsa-releases-update-to-special-reports-on-traffic-safety-during-the-covid-19-public-health-emergency-third-quarter-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/nhtsa-releases-update-to-special-reports-on-traffic-safety-during-the-covid-19-public-health-emergency-third-quarter-data\/","title":{"rendered":"NHTSA Releases Update to Special Reports on Traffic Safety During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Third Quarter Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1012\" class=\"elementor elementor-1012\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e56b700 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e56b700\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24737f69\" data-id=\"24737f69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f30f543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f30f543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<br>(NHTSA) is continuing its exploration of traffic safety<br>during the COVID-19 public health emergency. This<br>work is crucial to furthering our understanding of<br>changes in potentially dangerous driving behaviors,<br>and allows us to expand or evolve countermeasures to<br>meet current needs in States and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the update <a class=\"text-red\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/sites\/nhtsa.dot.gov\/files\/documents\/traffic_safety_during_covid19_01062021_0.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) is continuing its exploration of traffic safetyduring the COVID-19 public health emergency. Thiswork is crucial to furthering our understanding ofchanges in potentially dangerous driving behaviors,and allows us to expand or evolve countermeasures tomeet current needs in States and across the country. 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