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PROGRAMS
Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT)
In 2005, Washington
State was selected to design and pilot test a project to lower
the number of collisions between passenger cars and commercial motor vehicles
(semi-trucks).
Congress had provided funding in 2004 to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) because it was concerned about the number of collisions between cars and trucks. Most of these collisions were the fault of the driver of the car (62%).
Planning the project were representatives from WTSC, NHTSA Region X, FMCSA, the Federal Highway Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, the Washington State Patrol, and the Washington Trucking Association.
Local police agencies and sheriffs’ offices participated with the State Patrol in enforcement. In addition to a trooper riding in a decoy truck calling violations to awaiting patrol cars, the WSP Aviation Unit worked the corridors on the enforcement days.
The project was extremely successful in educating Washington drivers to be careful when driving around or merging in front of trucks. TACT has now become a national program with TACT projects underway in Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. Both Indiana and Colorado will start TACT projects in 2009. WTSC and WSP have members on the T-SPEN committee, which mentors new states as they develop the project.
WSP is currently implementing a TACT project for rural Washington roads. This will be the first rural road TACT project in the United States. Enforcement will occur during July 2009 on SR 8 in Grays Harbor County and on SR 2 north of Spokane.
Remember to give big rigs big room.
Resource Information
Washington State Patrol News Release
The TACT project was heavily publicized in the enforcement corridors using materials such as road signs, radio ads, banners, rack cards, and posters.
The project was professionally evaluated using a variety of techniques to see if there was a reduction in dangerous interactions between passenger vehicles and semi- trucks.
Read TACT Project Final Report
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