Support of Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative

Submitted by: Highway Safety Committee

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WHEREAS, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in 2006, 4,995 persons were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving large trucks in the United States; and

WHEREAS, of the large trucks involved in the Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS)which covered single- and multi-vehicle fatal and injury crashes, large trucks were ascribed as the critical reason in 55 percent of those crashes; and

WHEREAS, of the large trucks involved in two-vehicle LTCCS crashes between one truck and one passenger vehicle (a car, van, pickup truck, or sport utility vehicle), large trucks were ascribed as the critical reason in 44 percent of those crashes; and

WHEREAS, the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) initiative combines outreach, education, and evaluation with targeted high-visibility traffic enforcement activities to raise awareness among car and truck drivers about safe driving behaviors in an effort to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries; and

WHEREAS, enforcement is an essential component to any comprehensive traffic safety program; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) encourages all law enforcement agencies to engage in enhanced high-visibility traffic enforcement; and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the IACP continues to support sustained high-visibility enforcement of traffic laws and encourages participation in TACT and state traffic enforcement campaigns to promote the safe interaction of cars and trucks and to reduce the number and severity of crashes involving large trucks.