Sheriff's Office joins with partnering agencies, ODOT, and trucking industry to teach drivers some TACT
Posted: May 28th, 2008 9:27 AM
As part of Transportation Safety Awareness Month, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has launched the first traffic-safety campaign aimed at getting the attention of aggressive car and truck drivers in Oregon. The Ticket Aggressive Cars and Trucks campaign -- or TACT -- is designed to reduce truck crashes through education and enforcement. Specifically, TACT focuses on aggressive driving near the vicinity of large trucks.
During the week of May 12-16, 2008, the Sheriff's Office, ODOT's Motor Carrier Division, and partnering agencies introduced TACT to Oregon motorists along Interstate 5 in the Willamette Valley. Law-enforcement officers rode in commercial trucks looking for car and truck drivers doing dangerous things like speeding, tailgating, and changing lanes unsafely.
The Sheriff's Office airplane was also utilized to observe these violations from the air -- providing details to the ground units performing traffic stops. During the stops, motorists were handed educational brochures that explained how to navigate their vehicles around large commercial trucks.
By the end of the educational and enforcement campaign, deputies and officers had stopped 362 cars and trucks. Of those vehicles stopped, there were 351 citations issued, 97 warnings given, and 30 truck inspections performed. The top two violations were unlawful lane changes and tailgating.
A TEAM EFFORT