2024 Truck Safety Week
Truck Safety is this years priority
2024 Focus Area: Reckless, Careless or Dangerous Driving
During this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement personnel will be on the lookout for reckless, careless or dangerous driving.
Any person who drives a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
Careless/dangerous driving is defined as operating a vehicle without due care and attention or reasonable consideration for other motorists or people on the road.
There were 42,795 fatal traffic crashes in the U.S. in 2022.
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2022
In 2021, there were 1,768 motor vehicle fatalities in Canada.
Source: Transport Canada, Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics 2021
In 2022, Mexico reported 15,979 road deaths.
Source: International Transport Forum, Mexico 2023 Road Safety Country Profile
CVSA created a complimentary postcard for enforcement officers to give to drivers and motor carriers or for drivers and motor carriers to order directly. All you have to do is fill out our online order form and we’ll mail the postcards out to you, completely free of charge. The postcards are available in English, French and Spanish.
Go to the 2024 Operation Safe Driver Week postcards online order form.
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