The Arizona Transportation Education Foundation (ATEF) announced the completion of a $21,137 grant from the Governorâs Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for fiscal year 2016.
The grant allows ATEF to continue its mission to advocate for highway safety through its âShare the Roadâ and âTeens and Trucksâ programs. Specifically, this grant allows ATEF to use its mobile âShare the Roadâ commercial trailer with the âStay Out of the No-Zoneâ graphics to travel around Arizona sharing its safety message.
âOur Teens and Trucks/Share the Road program is effective in teaching drivers how to safely share the road with commercial trucks,â stated ATEF Executive Director Tony Bradley. âThrough education and working together, we can continue to reduce truck-involved crashes on Arizonaâs roads. And the more people we can educate about safe driving around large trucks, the safer our roads will be for all drivers.â
The âShare the Roadâ program has three objectives:
- Educate all highway users, including passenger car drivers, motorcyclists and commercial vehicle operators, how to share the road safely to reduce truck-involved crashes.
- Expand public awareness of sharing the road safely with trucks hauling over-dimensional loads.
- Intensify outreach to several key groups, including novice drivers, senior citizens and others unaware of how their actions around large commercial vehicles can create unsafe traffic situations.
Fing more information about Share the Road and Teens and Trucks via this link.
