No-Zone Campaign Information
In
1991 with the enactment of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act, Congress directed the
Federal Highway Administration - FHWA (now under the
direction of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration - FMCSA) to educate the driving public
about how to safely share the road with trucks and buses.
In response, FMCSA introduced the "No-Zone" or
"Share the Road" Program in 1994.
The
Campaign was created in 1994 to educate motorists about
how to safely share the road with trucks and buses
(Commercial Motor Vehicles [CMVs]). Its goal is to
increase awareness of the No-Zones -- danger areas like
blind spots, around commercial vehicles, in which cars
"disappear" from the view of the truck or bus
driver. No-Zones are areas where crashes are more likely
to occur. Educating drivers about the No-Zones may reduce
deaths, injuries, and property damage from these kinds of
crashes.
Working
closely with law enforcement agencies and professional
associations, as well as other highway safety groups and
carriers, FMCSA developed a broad-based strategy to
increase public recognition about truck and bus
limitations in an effort to influence the motoring
public's driving behavior. A series of television, radio,
and print public service announcements (PSAs) and
pertinent Share-the-Road materials were developed in
coordination with the State of Maryland under a Motor
Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) public education
grant. As a result, Campaign materials have been
distributed and widely used throughout the country. Below
are links to the three most popular No-Zone Campaign
outreach programs.
It
was through public-private partnerships between government
agencies and private/non-profit organizations that many of
these outreach efforts were made possible. |
