ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The 2020 Saint Patrick’s Day parade will be on Saturday, March 14. The Dublin AM Rotary club is looking for volunteers to be parade marshalls. This is a great opportunity to help our community and get your daily steps in, by walking the parade route.
- Thursday, March 12, the State of the City will be held at the Exchange in Bridge Park area. Dublin AM Rotary is planning a pre-meeting gathering at Z Cucina at 5PM. If interested, please RSVP with Ramona Penland-Coyle.
- Our club is putting together ideas for a spring outing. An idea that has gotten traction is one of the new Ax-Throwing venues in town. Please look for future specifics about this interesting outing.
- On March 13 the Dublin pedestrian bridge opens. The ceremony starts at 7PM with bridge lighting at 8. If you want to participate in a pre-ceremony gathering, please let Claudia Trusty know.
- Dublin AM Rotary’s annual Pro-AM committee is meeting on Monday, March 2, at the Dublin Chamber office from 5 to 6PM. If interested in helping the Pro-Am committee and helping shape this year’s event, please attend the Monday meeting.
- The Rotaract club will meet at the Dublin Chamber office at 6:30 on Monday, March 2. Prospective members are encouraged to attend.
- Roberta Kayne is hosting an exhibit of her photographs at the 1st Unitarian Church on Sunday, March1 from 12:30 to 2PM. The exhibit will be up until April 27.
GUEST SPEAKER: Colonel Richard Fambro - Ohio State Highway PatrolRichard has over 30 years of service in the Ohio State Highway Patrol. His distinguished career as resulted in his holding the prestigious position of Colonel.
Richard’s message covered two topics: Pursuits and Distracted Driving.
Every day in Ohio, three to five criminal suspects flee the scene of a crime. A pursuit of a suspect in an automobile, while exciting and almost common in movies and on television, is a dangerous endeavor. So, most municipalities ban the active pursuit of a suspect. In Ohio, the Ohio Highway Patrol is one of only a few law enforcement agencies that has the discretion to decide whether or not to engage in a suspect pursuit.
During a pursuit, public safety is the number one concern. To protect the public, our Highway Patrol uses 13 airplanes, 2 helicopters and 1 air van (high altitude aircraft) to reduce the “on-the-ground” risks.
Another epidemic that Ohio drivers face as a daily driving danger is distracted driving. This isn’t just with cell phones but could include watching mobile televisions, putting on makeup and, as Richard showed is in a real incident video, getting dressed for church.
Since today distracted driving is a secondary offense, in order for a person to be charged with distracted driving, that person has to be pulled over for some other driving offense, such as weaving or turning without a signal. Then that person has to admit that he or she was distracted.
There is proposed legislation being worked in Ohio that will allow distracted driving to be a primary offense. If this legislation becomes law, the act of being distracted will be enough for an officer to pull you over.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The 2020 Saint Patrick’s Day parade will be on Saturday, March 14. The Dublin AM Rotary club is looking for volunteers to be parade marshalls. This is a great opportunity to help our community and get your daily steps in, by walking the parade route.
- Thursday, March 12, the State of the City will be held at the Exchange in Bridge Park area. Dublin AM Rotary is planning a pre-meeting gathering at Z Cucina at 5PM. If interested, please RSVP with Ramona Penland-Coyle.
- Our club is putting together ideas for a spring outing. An idea that has gotten traction is one of the new Ax-Throwing venues in town. Please look for future specifics about this interesting outing.
- On March 13 the Dublin pedestrian bridge opens. The ceremony starts at 7PM with bridge lighting at 8. If you want to participate in a pre-ceremony gathering, please let Claudia Trusty know.
- Dublin AM Rotary’s annual Pro-AM committee is meeting on Monday, March 2, at the Dublin Chamber office from 5 to 6PM. If interested in helping the Pro-Am committee and helping shape this year’s event, please attend the Monday meeting.
- The Rotaract club will meet at the Dublin Chamber office at 6:30 on Monday, March 2. Prospective members are encouraged to attend.
- Roberta Kayne is hosting an exhibit of her photographs at the 1st Unitarian Church on Sunday, March1 from 12:30 to 2PM. The exhibit will be up until April 27.
GUEST SPEAKER: Colonel Richard Fambro - Ohio State Highway PatrolRichard has over 30 years of service in the Ohio State Highway Patrol. His distinguished career as resulted in his holding the prestigious position of Colonel.
Richard’s message covered two topics: Pursuits and Distracted Driving.
Every day in Ohio, three to five criminal suspects flee the scene of a crime. A pursuit of a suspect in an automobile, while exciting and almost common in movies and on television, is a dangerous endeavor. So, most municipalities ban the active pursuit of a suspect. In Ohio, the Ohio Highway Patrol is one of only a few law enforcement agencies that has the discretion to decide whether or not to engage in a suspect pursuit.
During a pursuit, public safety is the number one concern. To protect the public, our Highway Patrol uses 13 airplanes, 2 helicopters and 1 air van (high altitude aircraft) to reduce the “on-the-ground” risks.
Another epidemic that Ohio drivers face as a daily driving danger is distracted driving. This isn’t just with cell phones but could include watching mobile televisions, putting on makeup and, as Richard showed is in a real incident video, getting dressed for church.
Since today distracted driving is a secondary offense, in order for a person to be charged with distracted driving, that person has to be pulled over for some other driving offense, such as weaving or turning without a signal. Then that person has to admit that he or she was distracted.
There is proposed legislation being worked in Ohio that will allow distracted driving to be a primary offense. If this legislation becomes law, the act of being distracted will be enough for an officer to pull you over.