KC Scout participates in NHTSA traffic study
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently hosted a press conference at the MoDOT KC district office. The conference was held on May 5 and included five state Highway Patrols including Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Arkansas. This event included information from a traffic study recently conducted by NHTSA with the help of KC Scout resources. "This Mother's Day, these five State Patrols are here to remind you to slow down. We hope drivers keep their mothers in mind and get to them safely by slowing down and moving over for emergency vehicles," Susan DeCourcy, NHTSA Regional Administrator said. According to NHTSA, all 50 states have Move Over laws to protect law enforcement officers and other first responders stopped on our Nation's roads but many drivers are unaware of these laws and traffic-related incidents continue to be the number one cause of death among on-duty law enforcement officers. Prior to this event, NHTSA conducted an o