This award to the north dakota state university is for research to improve safe driver operations among large trucks and vehicles operating around them through a broad and sustained education…

This $241,128 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will support North Dakota State University in developing and delivering large truck safety education programs through September 2024. As part of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program, the University will analyze crash data to identify at-risk driver groups and regions for outreach. It will then create training and informational materials on topics like truck safety facts, insights into truck driving careers, and resources for teen drivers. The University will engage stakeholders to increase public awareness and provide continuous safety education to prevent large truck crashes across North Dakota.

This award to the north dakota state university is for research to improve safe driver operations among large trucks and vehicles operating around them through a broad and sustained education program this will be done collaboratively by 1 engaging traditional and new stakeholders in a partnership to increase public awareness and delivering continuous education to prevent large truck crashes 2 analyzing north dakota crash and citation records to identify statewide priorities, at need driver groups and high risk regions 3 developing training and outreach products aimed at large truck fact sharing, teen driver education, and truck driver career insights, and 4 facilitating and delivering large truck safety education to a diverse audience