{"id":16024,"date":"2017-07-18T08:53:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T12:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=16024"},"modified":"2017-07-27T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:21:07","slug":"speed-limit-feature-now-available-to-boaters-on-accessdnr-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/07\/18\/speed-limit-feature-now-available-to-boaters-on-accessdnr-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Limit Feature Now Available to Boaters on AccessDNR App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><em>Free Mobile Technology Enhances Enjoyment and Safety<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8191\/8447909936_fff388daf9.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/>A new mobile app feature is available from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0to alert boaters of speed limits and zones on state waterways.<\/p>\n<p>The new service on the department&#8217;s free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/dnrapp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AccessDNR app<\/a> covers the Chesapeake Bay, coastal bays west of Ocean City, Potomac River and Deep Creek Lake.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Boaters can search for speed zones by river system and zoom in to highlight an area of interest. A click on a shaded area of the map accesses the appropriate state regulation and shows the type of speed restriction governing that area. Boaters can print a map or link the app to the GPS on their vessel to track their route and signal when they are approaching a speed zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDownloading and using this app raises boater awareness, enhances enjoyment and safety, and could even save boaters some money,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boating Services<\/a> Director Mark O\u2019Malley said. \u201cSpeeding tickets carry a fine of $85. This app, in comparison, is free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Excessive speed and boat wakes were responsible for 56 accidents in 2016. Last year, the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/nrp\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland\u00a0Natural Resources Police<\/a> issued 489 speeding tickets and written warnings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/dnrapp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AccessDNR app<\/a> can be downloaded from the iPhone App Store or Google Play. It\u00a0is the official app from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.marylnd.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Mobile Technology Enhances Enjoyment and Safety A new mobile app feature is available from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0to alert boaters of speed limits and zones on state waterways. The new service on the department&#8217;s free\u00a0AccessDNR app covers the Chesapeake Bay, coastal bays west of Ocean City, Potomac River and Deep Creek Lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171,14,33],"tags":[2982,3312,3487,3504,2958,2926],"class_list":["post-16024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-nrp-news","category-the-bay","tag-chesapeake-bay","tag-coastal-bays","tag-deep-creek-lake","tag-mark-omalley","tag-ocean-city","tag-potomac-river"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16024"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16090,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024\/revisions\/16090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}