{"id":253245,"date":"2026-07-27T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253245\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:46:09","slug":"free-motorcycle-safety-training-offered-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253245\/","title":{"rendered":"Free motorcycle safety training offered in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free motorcycle safety training offered in Pennsylvania as crash numbers decline<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/003b0fcd-4def-48bb-ad8b-2204a8b1d7fe\" aria-label=\"Lori Burkholder profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/003b0fcd-4def-48bb-ad8b-2204a8b1d7fe_1654041445.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Lori Burkholder\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Pennsylvania officials are encouraging motorcyclists to participate in free safety training programs provided through the Pennsylvania Motorcycle Safety Program.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Last year, there were more than 2,900 motorcycle crashes in the state, resulting in 186 fatalities. PennDOT reports that these numbers are decreasing.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">&#8220;Of course, one crash or death is too many. We are always striving toward zero deaths on our roadways for motorcyclists and all motorists,&#8221; PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">PennDOT has contracts with training centers to offer safety classes free of charge. Additionally, many insurers provide discounts to motorcyclists who complete safety courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free motorcycle safety training offered in Pennsylvania as crash numbers decline Pennsylvania officials are encouraging motorcyclists to participate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[108029,108031,102757,15770,28,30,108030,29,15772],"class_list":["post-253245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-186-fatalities","tag-free-motorcycle-safety-training","tag-penndot-officials","tag-penndot-secretary-mike-carroll","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-motorcycle-safety-program","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}