Here's Your Sign, TxDOT Encourages Safe Drivng
By: BigCountryHomePage.com Staff
Updated: August 17, 2012
Even though the number of people killed each year in traffic crashes in Texas has decreased by about 21 percent since 2003, there still were, on average, 250 people killed every month in 2011.
In order to encourage safe driving practices, TxDOT will begin to display the year-to-date number of traffic deaths in Texas on more than 700 message signs one week every month, typically the third week of each month.
This new effort is designed to remind drivers that driving deserves their full attention every time they get behind the wheel.
The signs are designed to encourage paying attention to the road, avoiding distractions such as cell phones, having everyone in the vehicle wear their seat belts, and never drinking and driving.
The new displays of traffic fatality numbers will begin on August 20 around Texas.
In order to encourage safe driving practices, TxDOT will begin to display the year-to-date number of traffic deaths in Texas on more than 700 message signs one week every month, typically the third week of each month.
This new effort is designed to remind drivers that driving deserves their full attention every time they get behind the wheel.
The signs are designed to encourage paying attention to the road, avoiding distractions such as cell phones, having everyone in the vehicle wear their seat belts, and never drinking and driving.
The new displays of traffic fatality numbers will begin on August 20 around Texas.
