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FHWA and RSF Begin Planning 2003 National Highway Safety Awards
RSF's
MISSION
The Roadway Safety Foundation is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the American Highway Users Alliance to reduce the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes by improving the safety of America's roadways.
The Roadway Safety Foundation is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the American Highway Users Alliance to reduce the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes by improving the safety of America's roadways.
PENNDOT
TAILGATING TREATMENT: 
Aggressive
driving crashes along a corridor on U.S. 11 in South Centre Township of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, had reached the top of the district's aggressive
driving corridors list when PennDOT officials decided to attack the problem
and associated tailgating practices on the corridor. Working with law
enforcement officers, local magistrates, and PennDOT District 3-0 representatives,
the agency instituted a "Tailgating Treatment" program the simplicity
of which belies its dramatic results. 
Help
is on the way for traffic, emergency and maintenance managers to improve
operations under inclement weather conditions. A CD-ROM, entitled Best
Practices for Road Weather Management, is available from the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and contains case studies of systems utilized in
response to various weather threats, including fog, high winds, rain,
snow, ice, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, and avalanches. 
Yes,
the highly acclaimed National Highway Safety Awards program, introduced
as a biennial program in 2001, will take place again in 2003! Aimed
at recognizing outstanding safety achievements by various entities around
the country, the program will be conducted by the Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety in conjunction with the Roadway Safety Foundation.