10/07/2022
As proud members of the CVSA, we are very supportive of all of their efforts to help keep our roads safe. Today is the first day of Operation Safe Driver Week, their seven-day safe-driving campaign aimed at improving the driving behaviors of passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers through educational and traffic enforcement strategies and interactions with law enforcement.
Members of law enforcement will be on roadways this week keeping an eye out for commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers who are driving dangerously. Examples of dangerous driving behaviors include speeding, driving while using a mobile device, driving aggressively, cutting off other drivers, following too closely, etc. Drivers identified by law enforcement officers for engaging in unsafe driving behaviors will be issued a warning or citation.
The goals of Operation Safe Driver Week are to:
• Alter drivers’ unsafe driving behaviors by having a high-visibility law enforcement presence on our roadways.
• Change bad driving habits long term through interactions with law enforcement.
• Provide commercial motor vehicle driver education and awareness programs to the motor carrier population.
• Reduce the number of crashes on our roadways.
Law enforcement jurisdictions will be tracking commercial motor vehicle driver and passenger vehicle driver interactions during Operation Safe Driver Week and will submit that data to CVSA. The results from this week will be released this fall.