Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month. Alcohol Awareness Month provides a focused opportunity across America to increase awareness and understanding of alcoholism, its causes, effective treatment and recovery. It is an opportunity to decrease stigma and misunderstandings in order to dismantle the barriers to treatment and recovery, and thus, make seeking help more readily available to those who suffer from this disease.
Distracted Driver Awareness Month
Distracted Driver Awareness Month. Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in your vehicle, fiddling with the stereo, entertainment or navigation system—anything that takes your attention away from the task of safe driving. Texting is the most alarming distraction.
National Work Zone Awarness Week
National Work Zone Awareness Week. National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) has been successful in spreading awareness for work zone safety across the country because of participation from organizations and individuals just like you. Hundreds of companies and individuals reach out to ATSSA on social media each year using #NWZAW. Each year in the spring,
National Heatstroke Prevention Day
National Heatstroke Prevention Day. Outside of crashes, heatstroke is the number one vehicle-related killer of children in the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is leading the effort to reduce these deaths by reminding parents and caregivers about the dangers of vehicular heatstroke and leaving children in hot cars. 942 children have died
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Motorcyclists have the same rights and privileges as any other motor vehicle operator on the road. The Share the Road campaign focuses on promoting motorcyclist awareness and safety to both motorcycle riders and motor vehicle drivers.
National Bicycle Safety Month
National Bicycle Safety Month. This week and every week, parents should have conversations with their teens about the important rules they need to follow to stay safe behind the wheel of a passenger car, truck, or SUV. These rules address the greatest dangers for teen drivers: alcohol, inconsistent or no seat belt use, distracted and
Click It or Ticket Enforcement Mobilization
Click It or Ticket Enforcement Mobilization. In 2016, the use of seat belts in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 14,668 lives of occupants ages 5 and older. The Click It or Ticket campaign focuses on safety education, strong laws, and law enforcement officers saving lives.