Now It Is Easier Than Ever to Develop a New TACT Program

Each year, across all 50 States, there are over 3,500 deaths and 100,000 injuries that result from unsafe driving behavior involving large trucks and cars. A Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Program can help reduce aggressive driving that causes crashes between large trucks and passenger vehicles in your State.

TACT is a proven program that uses targeted enforcement with extensive communications outreach and continuous evaluation measures to educate motorists on how to safely share the roadway with each other.

By implementing a TACT Program in your State, you can—

• Reduce Unsafe Driving Behavior
• Prevent Injuries and Crashes
• Save Lives
• Fulfill your SAFETEA-LU Requirements.

TACT is based on the Washington State TACT pilot that confirmed that intense, selective traffic enforcement that is wellpublicized can positively impact a driver’s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors while driving around large trucks.

States that have implemented TACT programs, including Washington, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, have formed a TACT State Peer Exchange Network (T-SPEN) to share lessons learned, resources, and approaches in saving lives by reducing crashes between passenger and commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).

To implement a TACT program, you can use basic grant funding from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP). You can also apply for incentive and high-priority grants which support TACT Programs or go to Grants.gov to seek other funding sources and grants opportunities.

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), requires States to conduct comprehensive and highvisibility traffic enforcement and CMV safety inspection programs in high-risk locations and corridors.

Get started on the development of your TACT Program today.

Visit www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tact or e-mail tactinfo@dot.gov.

For more information about how cars and trucks can share the roadway safely,
please call 1-877-SAFE-TRK or 1-877-723-3875.

United States Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Outreach Division,
Enforcement and Program Delivery
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590