Patrol, ODOT show traffic deaths on digital message boards

Patrol, ODOT show traffic deaths on digital message boards
COLUMBUS – As of the last week of June, Ohio has recorded 487 traffic deaths, 76 more in 2015 than at the same time a year ago. This 19 percent increase has inspired the Ohio Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation to join forces with …
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The Agency
The first thing employees did upon arriving at their desks was to switch on an Internet proxy service, which hid their I.P. addresses from the places they posted; those digital addresses can sometimes be used to reveal the real identity of the poster …
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Rep. Kevin Yoder continues effort to truncate government searches of digital
Nearly five months after introducing legislation to curtail the government's ability to search and obtain digital communications without a warrant, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder continues his push to get it passed. The Email Privacy Act, H.R. 699, would amend …
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Highway Patrol, ODOT initiative showing total traffic deaths on digital

Highway Patrol, ODOT initiative showing total traffic deaths on digital
This 19 percent increase has inspired the Ohio Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation to join forces with a new initiative utilizing ODOT digital message boards to spread traffic safety messages. The messages will be displayed for the …
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ODOT and OSHP to unveil digital message boards Wednesday
CANFIELD — Officials from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation are hosting a news conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday at its Canfield garage, 401 W. Main St., to announce that ODOT will install digital message boards …
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Traffic fatality count will be on highway message boards in Ohio
A digital message board in Columbus last week showed the traffic-fatality messaging that will go statewide beginning Wednesday. The Ohio State Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation hope putting the stark messages in front of motorists will …
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