ATA and AAA Kansas to Demo Highway Safety Measures for Summer Travel
Share the Road Program Visits Wichita with Life-Saving Highway Safety Tips Though Up to 100,000 Vehicles Travel Highway 54 Through Wichita Daily, Most Automobile Drivers are Never Taught What They Can Do to Avoid Initiating an Accident with a Tractor-Trailer Who: Professional truck drivers, the American Trucking Associations (ATA), AAA Kansas, the Kansas Highway Patrol, and the Kansas Motor Carriers Association. What: A demonstration of highway safety measures will be conducted for local news media, including "ride-alongs" in tractor-trailers, as part of the national Share the Road tour visiting Wichita, Kansas. When: Thursday, June 10th, 10:00 AM Where: Yellow Transportation, Inc., 4931 S. Hydraulic, Wichita, KS (see driving directions below.) Summary: Professional truck drivers with millions of miles of accident- free driving, ATA, and AAA Kansas, will demonstrate safe driving measures key to reducing crashes on Kansas highways. The demonstration will include truck ride-alongs for news reporters and photographers, and tips on blind spots, safe-merging techniques, and safe stopping and following distances. This highway safety program is critical for Kansas drivers because: * 35% of all truck-involved highway fatalities occur in a truck's blind spots* * Most drivers haven't received driver education on how to share the road safely with trucks * Watching this demonstration will help reduce accidents Directions: From I-35 South, take Exit 42 to 47th Street going east. Turn right (south) onto Hydraulic and the terminal is located on the right. About Share the Road: Share the Road (http://www.atasharetheroad.com/), is a highway safety program that delivers life-saving messages to hundreds of U.S. cities and reaches millions of motorists annually, designed to educate automobile drivers about sharing the roads safely with trucks. The program is presented by members of America's Road Team, a team of professional truck drivers with millions of miles of accident-free driving on America's highways.
Tractor-trailers provided by Mack dealer, Roberts Truck Centers, by Yellow Transportation, Inc., and by Roadway Express
*Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration