BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Starting Tuesday, the Kentucky State Police will be participating in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Operation SafeDRIVE campaign.
Operation SafeDRIVE stands for Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement.
The campaign crackdown on dangerous interstate driving, and targets unsafe behaviors such as aggressive driving, speeding, tailgating, failing to wear a seat belt, distracted driving, and driving under the influence. These dangerous behaviors can lead to crashes involving passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
It complements national efforts to educate all drivers on safely sharing roads with large trucks.
During this effort, KSP Commercial Vehicle Inspectors will open scale facilities, ensuring commercial drivers follow safety regulations, including hours of service compliance, commercial driver license compliance, medical certification, and commercial motor vehicle credentialing.
Officer Stevie Douglas, East Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Spokesperson, said 62 percent of fatal large truck crashes involve two or more vehicles.
“Our CVE officers and inspectors are committed to preventing dangerous driving behaviors like aggressive or distracted driving,” Douglas said in a press release. “Crashes are preventable, and this initiative makes it safer for everyone on our roadways.”
KSP encourages all motorists to take the following advice while driving on the roads:
- Stay out of blind spots: Large trucks and buses have big blind spots on all four sides.
- Pass safely: Make sure you can see the truck driver in their side mirror. Use your turn signals, and don’t linger in the blind spot. Make sure you can see the CMV vehicle in your rearview mirror before pulling in front.
- Don’t cut off large vehicles: It takes a large truck traveling at 65 MPH the length of two football fields to stop.
- Don’t tailgate: Tailgating a commercial vehicle puts you in a blind spot.
The campaign runs till Feb. 29.
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