Roadway Express Teams Up With the Ohio State Highway Patrol to Promote Safety on the Highways

AKRON, Ohio--Nov. 1, 20033, 2003--Thousands of lives are lost and millions of people are injured each year in highway accidents. Roadway Express and the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSP) have partnered to create an educational video entitled, "Sharing the Road Safely with Commercial Vehicles," in an effort to inform drivers of highway safety. Both Roadway Express and the OSP believe that if drivers learn the facts and take personal responsibility, both cars and trucks can share the road safely.

"Sharing the Road Safely with Commercial Vehicles" is intended to provide highway safety facts to passenger-car drivers, who have been found to be the cause of the vast majority of accidents between cars and trucks. Most accidents occur because drivers fail to stay in their lane or run off the road, drive too fast for the conditions, fail to obey signs or signals, don't yield to the right of way, or are not paying attention.

The video shares the following safety tips:

-- Pass trucks quickly and don't linger in blind spots - the areas where truck drivers can't see you with their mirrors, especially the back and right side of truck.

-- Allow more room for trucks entering the highway or stopping. Don't pull in front of trucks until you can see both headlights in your rearview mirror.

-- In construction zones, slow down, increase your following distance and let other drivers merge.

-- Keep your motions alert and stay free of distractions.

-- Drive for the conditions - slow down and turn your headlights on if the weather is bad or visibility is reduced.

-- Move over for stopped safety vehicles.

-- Don't drink and drive.

-- Buckle up.

Copies of "Sharing the Road Safely with Commercial Vehicles" will be distributed to law enforcement agencies to use in drivers' education programs as well as to Roadway Express drivers who make presentations to the public.

Roadway Express and OSP have worked together for more than six years to communicate the "share the road" message to the public. Roadway Express drivers work with the OSP to train every cadet class in the safe and proper way for troopers to stop commercial vehicles. In 2001, the partners developed their first joint-effort video: "How to Safely Stop a Commercial Vehicle," which was intended to increase the safety of law enforcement officers when pulling over commercial vehicles.

Roadway Express is a leading transporter of industrial, commercial and retail goods with a variety of innovative services designed to meet customer needs. An ISO and C-TPAT/PIP certified FAST highway carrier, Roadway Express provides seamless service between all 50 states, Canada (with domestic Canadian services), Mexico and Puerto Rico. Roadway Express also offers export services to more than 100 countries. Roadway Express, Inc. is the principal subsidiary of Roadway Corporation , a holding company dedicated to leveraging opportunities to expand the transportation related service offerings available to customers through the Roadway portfolio of strategically linked transportation companies. For additional information, contact Roadway Express at www.roadway.com.