Initiatives such as the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Program are helping to decrease the fatality rate by making the general driving public more aware of the safe ways to interact with trucks and provide large vehicles with more room and maneuverability.

Based on the success of the Washington State TACT program and other traffic enforcement programs such as Click It or Ticket, the FMCSA encouraged additional States to undertake TACT programs on roadways with injuries and fatalities resulting from crashes between cars and trucks. Currently there are fifteen States participating in the TACT program.

The TACT program combines communication and evaluation with targeted enforcement activities to raise awareness among car and truck drivers about safe driving behaviors. Unsafe driving behaviors may include, but are not limited to: unsafe lane changes, tailgating, failing to signal lane changes, failing to yield the right of way, speeding, and aggressive driving (a combination of two or more behaviors).

For more information, see U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration TACT Program