{"id":10589,"date":"2016-02-29T15:51:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/?p=10589"},"modified":"2016-06-22T15:53:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:53:42","slug":"ignorance-is-bliss-for-distracted-pedestriansfull-throttle-feb-29-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/ignorance-is-bliss-for-distracted-pedestriansfull-throttle-feb-29-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignorance is &#8216;Bliss&#8217; for distracted pedestrians<\/br>Full Throttle Feb 29, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rhonda_Mug_shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rhonda_Mug_shot-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rhonda_Mug_shot\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rhonda_Mug_shot-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rhonda_Mug_shot.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a>Overview<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t wait for stories to appear in the store when you can become a member of Wheelbase Media&#8217;s weekly news service and save more than 50 percent while gaining instant access to the new features as they&#8217;re produced. Click <a href=\"..\/..\/media\/?page_id=67\">here<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not a member of the media, but still wish to read this and other feature stories from Wheelbase Media, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiftweekly.com\/\">www.shiftweekly.com<\/a> to subscribe to Auto Shift Weekly newsmag, available for your Apple iPad or for your home PC or laptop in pdf format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use: <\/strong>Media professionals looking to diversify their automotive readership with women authors who provide their views on a wide variety of topics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What it is:<\/strong> Courtney Hansen, America\u2019s favorite Garage Girl and the former host of The Learning Channel\u2019s Overhaulin\u2019 auto makeover show, a new-book author and the host of Spike TV\u2019s weekend \u201cPower Block,\u201d has teamed up with Wheelbase Communications for this exclusive column. If you\u2019re looking to build more regular readership and to bring more women into the pages of your print publication and Web pages with the help of a friendly and outgoing automotive celebrity, this bi-weekly column that alternates with our own Rhonda Wheeler is a must.<\/p>\n<h2><strong> Product specifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>About 800-900 words; Word text file plus high-resolution art files for print and Web use.<\/li>\n<li>Mac and PC layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.<\/li>\n<li>High-resolution artwork suitable for print.<\/li>\n<li>Coming soon! Multi-platform page layout that opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>The man on the radio caught my attention with the report of an accident, but not just any accident.  He was talking about the first person, ever, to be killed in an incident involving a car. It happened more than 115 years ago in 1899, in New York City, apparently, to a man named Henry Bliss.<br \/>\nAs a pedestrian struck by an electric taxicab after he got off a street car, he was the first person to find out the hard way what many pedestrians wandering the streets today have yet to learn: that flesh and blood loses to moving metal, every time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/contact-us\/\">Please contact us to order this feature.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man on the radio caught my attention with the report of an accident, but not just any accident.  He was talking about the first person, ever, to be killed in an incident involving a car. 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