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Safety media campaigns

To save lives and reduce injuries by preventing traffic crashes, the Wisconsin State Patrol Bureau of Transportation Safety in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sponsors campaigns that mobilize hundreds of law enforcement agencies throughout the state to increase motorists' compliance with traffic safety laws. The high-visibility law enforcement efforts are combined with effective media campaigns to get more motorists to buckle up, slow down and drive sober.

In 2008, three major statewide campaigns are planned:

• Click It or Ticket - May 19 to June 1
  The following documents are presented in Microsoft Word format.

  Click It or Ticket Law Enforcement Action Kit materials for participating agencies:

  • Message to participating agencies
  • Sample news release
  • Sample letter to the editor
  • Fact sheet
    

• Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest - August 15 to September 1
  Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest Law Enforcement Action Kit materials for participating agencies, presented in Microsoft Word format :
  • Message to participating agencies
  • Sample news release
  • Sample letter to the editor
  • Fact sheet
     

• Booze & Belts - mid December

Local law enforcement agencies and the State Patrol also team up throughout the year for special enforcement details that concentrate on areas where speeding, impaired driving and unbuckled motorists are prevalent.

If you don't want to feel
the Summer Heat,
obey the sign or pay the fine

To combat speeding and other dangerous driving behavior that cause traffic crashes, law enforcement agencies on US 41 from Menominee Falls to Marinette and on I-94 from Eau Claire to the Minnesota border will be patrolling in greater numbers and for longer hours during the Summer Heat mobilization from May 1 to September 30.

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Questions about the content of this page:
Steve Olson, steve.olson@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: July 30, 2008