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605 Suwannee St., MS 53
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Telephone: 850-245-1500
FAX: 850-245-1554

 








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Railroad Safety Operation Lifesaver logo graphic 		   CTST Coalition Statewide Safety Campaigns
 The CTST Coalition unanimously voted to hold special safety events and to support enforcement blitzes with individual Teams participating in many of the following activities.

  • Buckle Up Florida! campaign to increase safety belt usage rates.

  • Buckle Up Hotline 1-800-699-SAFE to report children riding unsecured in a motor vehicle - a public education effort providing safety material to vehicle owners, which is a component of the Florida Child Passenger Safety Program.

  • School Bus Safety enforcement blitzes on an annual basis to stress the importance of drivers not passing stopped school buses.

  • Endorsement of the NO ZONE truck safety demonstrations (clicking this will start another instance of your web browser) by obtaining a Governor's Proclamation for International Highway Traffic Safety Week.  To obtain more information see the Florida DOT's NO ZONE truck, which is available for demonstration purposes.

  • Work closely with the Florida County Tax Collectors to develop a mutual traffic safety educational effort called the $2.00 Difference to collect a special $2 contribution for the purchase child safety seats within local counties.

  • Use of the new Federal Highway "Moving Safely Across America" CD-Rom to educate drivers on traffic safety issues and engineering safety concerns along our roadways.  Read an article on Alachua CTSTs program using the "Moving Safely" CD-Rom (This report is provided as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (57823 bytes) and requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.  An option is also available to have the pdf file converted to an HTML file.  Clicking this will start another instance of your web browser).

  • Statewide CTSTs formerly participated in the week-long STOP! Red Light Running (clicking this will start another instance of your web browser) enforcement blitzes.

  • Participation in the "Safe Ways to School" program through the University of Florida, with 10 schools from CTST counties being selected for school safety assessments, pedestrian and bicycle safety training and project improvements.

  • Railroad Safety Awareness - campaigns to educate drivers about rail-highway grade crossing safety, including cooperative efforts with the Operation Lifesaver program.

  • Endorsement of and assistance in dissemination of the Winner's Do IT! traffic safety campaign materials and messages featuring top NASCAR drivers.

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  • Past endorsement of and participation in the Booze It & Lose It  DUI campaign

  • School educational activities, safety fairs and bicycle rodeos; see our photo gallery for pictures of events.

  • Offering the 4-day National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Child Restraint Device training and certification courses for CTST members.

  • Mock DUI crashes - Education to students about the effects of DUI; see our photo gallery for photos of mock DUI events by Seminole County CTST.

  • Motorcycle Safety - Bike Week in Daytona - public education for motorcyclists.
 

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