{"id":35894,"date":"2015-10-14T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=35894"},"modified":"2015-10-14T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:11:21","slug":"a-safety-reminder-about-personal-transportation-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/10\/a-safety-reminder-about-personal-transportation-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"A safety reminder about personal transportation devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hoverboards are a new fad in personal transportation and have been spotted in and around Brock University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students are reminded that hoverboards fall under the same safety rules as other personal transportation devices including skateboards, in-line skates, bikes and scooters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Indoor use of personal transportation devices is prohibited at Brock to reduce the risk of injury and\/or property damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Outdoor use of these transportation methods is allowed on the roads and sidewalks. Riders are reminded to be safe, courteous and respectful of pedestrians and vehicles. Any use that damages property \u2013 for example skateboarding on ledges, stairs or rails \u2013 is strictly prohibited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assistive devices for people with disabilities are exempt and anyone with questions can email <a href=\"mailto:accessibility@brocku.ca\"><span class=\"s2\">accessibility@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoverboards are a new fad in personal transportation and have been spotted in and around Brock University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[666,3480],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35895,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894\/revisions\/35895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}