Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day
October 10

TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN 2010 and ESTIMATED in 2011 DROP TO LOWEST LEVEL IN RECORDED HISTORY

DOT Estimates 2011 to be 32,310 which is a 1.7 Percent Drop Beneath 2010 Record Low

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced that the estimated number and rate of traffic fatalities in 2011 fell below 2010 which was 32,885, despite a significant increase in the number of miles Americans drove during the year.....

KANSAS 2011 POSTER CONTEST WINNERS SPONSORED BY THE KANSAS PUT THE BRAKES ON FATALITIES DAY COMMITTEE ANNUALLY HELD CONTEST

"Towards Zero Fatalities" is both a phrase and a goal that federal and state agencies and many organizations are promoting.  Let's everyone support it and join in the effort reduce deaths on our American highways.

Federal Agencies including the Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carriers Association have been leaders along with The American Association Of State Highway and Transportation Officials and all state departments of transportation who have increased their promotion of safer roads, drivers and vehicles.  Numerous private sector organizations and local governments have also joined the effort.

The Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day Program in the last ten years has promoted reducing all fatalities and similar to the promotion of the "Great American Smoke Out's" effort to reduce smoking, promoted that an initial fatality free day would be the seed leading --- "Towards Zero Fatalities" on our American roadways.

We must change our driving habits as evidenced by statistics that still indicate slightly over 32,300 traffic fatalities occur every year. That’s about 90 fatalities every single day - one fatality every 16 minutes.

We welcome organizations to become involved. Please email comments and the contact person for your organization to pbfday@asce.org

States recently invloved are listed here:

If you don't see your state listed here, Obtain a proclamation that October 10th is Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day in your city or state! Don't be afraid to contact your local mayor and state governor! Don't know where to start? Click here!

In addition, media information, PSA's, posters, brochures, logos and a sample PowerPoint presentation can also be found in the Toolkit.

The Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (T&DI) who now manages the web site requests existing partners, other private corporations or public organizations who want to become more involved in financial sponsorships to fund events, develop PSA's, web site information or other activities to contact the T&DI at 703/295-6395 or e-mail pbfday@asce.org.

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day
The Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE
1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191/www.tanddi.org