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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) for this project. Congress was concerned about the number of collisions between cars and semi-trucks, and the fact that most of these collisions were the fault of the driver of the car (62%).
Planning the project were representatives from WTSC, NHTSA NW Region, FMCSA NW Region, Federal Highway Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, Washington State Patrol, and the Washington Trucking Association.
The first decision was corridor selection. Four corridors on interstate highways were chosen, two for intensive, high visibility enforcement, and two as controls. The north high visibility enforcement corridor ran along I-5 from the Starbird Road interchange in Skagit County north to Chuckanut Drive, just south of Bellingham in Whatcom County. The south high visibility enforcement corridor started at the Scott Lake interchange on I-5 in Thurston County and ended at the SR-512 interchange in Pierce County.
Local
police agencies and sheriffs' offices participated with the Washington State Patrol in this
project. In addition to a trooper riding in a decoy semi-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 semi-trucks. TACT has now been taken national.
Remember to leave lots of room when passing or merging in front of semi-trucks. Remember to give big rigs big room.
Resource Information
The TACT project was heavily publicized in the enforcement corridors using materials such as road signs, radio ads, banners, rack cards, and posters.
Click here to listen to (30 sec) Radio PSA
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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