{"id":10429,"date":"2018-11-27T11:07:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=10429"},"modified":"2018-11-27T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:07:41","slug":"governor-northam-urges-virginians-to-take-action-to-eliminate-roadway-injuries-and-fatalities-with-towards-zero-deaths-campaign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/governor-northam-urges-virginians-to-take-action-to-eliminate-roadway-injuries-and-fatalities-with-towards-zero-deaths-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Northam Urges Virginians to Take Action to Eliminate Roadway Injuries and Fatalities with \u2018Towards Zero Deaths\u2019 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"m_-8606303235355083284m_-322851961684328556m_-5245331985396998653gmail-MsoHyperlink\"><span lang=\"EN\">Governor Ralph Northam urged Virginians to help drive change in the Commonwealth\u2019s traffic safety culture by joining the Toward Zero Deaths Virginia movement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2018\/november\/headline-836633-en.html\">read full press release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) is a national strategy on highway safety that uses a unified approach to change driver behavior and improve highway safety with a goal of ultimately reducing the number of traffic-related serious injuries or deaths to zero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To launch the TZD initiative in the Commonwealth and mobilize Virginians to take action, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and Virginia Department of Transportation, with help from safety partners, created a new website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tzdva.org\/\">TZDVA.org<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"m_-8606303235355083284m_-322851961684328556m_-5245331985396998653gmail-MsoHyperlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tzdva.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TZDVA.org<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is a centralized, digital hub for traffic safety-related online content, providing information on healthy driving habits, traffic safety laws, and traffic safety data in easily consumable segments using graphics and videos. 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