{"id":277386,"date":"2026-04-20T20:56:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277386\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:56:57","slug":"near-miss-with-chp-bakersfield-motor-officer-highlights-dangers-of-distracted-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277386\/","title":{"rendered":"Near-miss with CHP Bakersfield motor officer highlights dangers of distracted driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 CHP is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving after a driver of a semi-truck had a near-miss crash with a CHP Bakersfield motor officer working speed enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully our officers remain vigilant at all times for dangerous driving,\u201d said the California Highway Patrol Bakersfield in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1248870013939955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/officials-warn-distracted-driving-remains-a-major-risk-during-awareness-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Officials warn distracted driving remains a major risk during awareness month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHP said reading a text, adjusting your playlist, taking your eyes off the road, can all have serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p><p>CHP is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving after a driver of a semi-truck had a near-miss crash with a CHP Bakersfield motor officer working speed enforcement. CREDIT: CHP Bakersfield<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post said, \u201cAt highway speeds, just 5 seconds of distraction is like driving the length of a football field blind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>CHP reminds drivers to stay focused, put the phone away, and keep both hands on the wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 CHP is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving after a driver of a semi-truck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-277386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}