{"id":15875,"date":"2019-10-01T13:18:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/?p=15875"},"modified":"2019-10-01T13:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:18:24","slug":"cve-10-1-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/news\/cve-10-1-19\/","title":{"rendered":"KSP Targeting High Crash Zones For Aggressive Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>PSA <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15876 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/truck-back-copy_crop-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/truck-back-copy_crop-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/truck-back-copy_crop.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/>Frankfort, Ky.\u00a0<\/strong>(Oct. 1, 2019)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0The KSP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division announced the start of a two-week enforcement blitz targeting aggressive driving behaviors.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__links.govdelivery.com-3A80_track-3Ftype-3Dclick-26enid-3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwOTMwLjEwODYwMDMxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE5MDkzMC4xMDg2MDAzMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2NzkyOTUwJmVtYWlsaWQ9amFtZXMuaGF0Y2hldHRAa3kuZ292JnVzZXJpZD1qYW1lcy5oYXRjaGV0dEBreS5nb3YmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY-3D-26-26-26100-26-26-26https-3A__www.overdriveonline.com_michigan-2Dpolice-2Dtargeting-2Dunsafe-2Dtruckers-2Dcar-2Ddrivers-2Din-2Dtwo-2Dweek-2Denforcement-2Dcampaign_&amp;d=DwMFAA&amp;c=jvUANN7rYqzaQJvTqI-69lgi41yDEZ3CXTgIEaHlx7c&amp;r=yyZvnuYGyXB_VdwZiCiWXTUu1O-G3v2q2hIXsguMPD4&amp;m=hK2gFszvPYC0ds6Ee4NUiEKYDKLnDWSqlhtLJkn1Ivw&amp;s=ybZjMJ9n1pjNmKhNNDFhd--iRD47aetQf-vP_qSKsCE&amp;e=\">Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks campaign<\/a>, (TACT) begins October 1, 2019 and focuses on violations by motorists (both passenger car and commercial vehicle) who exhibit aggressive behaviors such as improper lanes changes, speeding, following too closely, not leaving enough space to pass and failure to yield the right-of-way.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">TACT\u00a0uses a combination of high visibility messaging coupled with targeted enforcement activities in selected high-risk traffic areas to reduce highway deaths and injuries.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division Director, Major Nathan Day, said the TACT campaign is designed not only to enforce, but to educate the motoring public.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cCrashes between commercial vehicles and passenger cars often result in serious or fatal injuries,\u201d says Day. \u201cAlong with high visibility enforcement, we will use media outreach to educate drivers, including radio, digital and social media messaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The targeted corridors for this enforcement blitz include Henderson Co., US-41; Hardin Co., I-65; Kenton Co., I-75; Laurel Co., I-75; and Floyd Co., US-23. These areas were identified through KYOPS (Ky. Open Portal Solution) crash data and indicated the highest number of reported crashes over a two-year period.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cIt\u2019s not about writing tickets,\u201d adds Day. \u201cIt\u2019s about saving lives and at the end of the day, we want everyone to make it home safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">TACT enforcement and public information efforts are funded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,33],"tags":[1242,551,1241],"class_list":["post-15875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cve","category-ksp-news","tag-aggressive-drivers","tag-psa","tag-tact"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/truck-back-copy_crop.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15877,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions\/15877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}