LEWIS COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY TASK FORCE

The Lewis County Traffic Safety Task Force collaborates with local volunteers, organizations and law enforcement to help promote safe driving and pedestrian safety as well as educate citizens on major traffic driving issues.

Traffic Safety Projects and Programs:

Safety City:
Safety City is a pedestrian and school bus safety program for young children sponsored by the Department of Social Services. A model city is set up and the children are shown videos on pedestrian and school bus safety. The children are then escorted through the model city by a volunteer who instructs them in the many aspects of pedestrian and school bus safety. Signs, street names, traffic lights, crosswalks, railroad crossings, and identifying fire and police departments are covered. The volunteers who work with the youngsters are police officers from City, County, and State law enforcement agencies within Lewis County. The Lewis County Sheriff's Office Explorer Post and Support Volunteers not only work with the children, but help to set up and dismantle Safety City. The school bus safety part of the program is staffed by bus drivers and transportation supervisors from county schools.

Bicycle Rodeo:
The Bicycle Rodeo is a community event sponsored by the Department of Social Services. Several bicycle rodeo events are held throughout the county each year. The Lewis County Sheriff's Office, as well as other law enforcement agencies, take part in conducting these events. The program is an interactive experience for young bicycle riders, who are taught bicycle safety. Traffic flow, signs, courtesy, rules of the road, safety, and helmets are demonstrated to young riders in exercises conducted by officers.

Photo Gallery:

• Lewis County Bicycle Rodeo Event
• Lewis County Traffice Safety Photo 2

Resource Links:

• Centralia Police Department
  https://fortress.wa.gov/lewisco/home/centraliapd/
• Chehalis Police Department
  http://www.cityofchehalis.com/html/police.html
• Lewis County Sheriff Special Services https://fortress.wa.gov/lewisco/home/LC/Sheriff/Default.aspx?lcID=34
• NHTSA Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Facts - Lewis County