{"id":20185,"date":"2015-02-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iacpmag.wp.matrixdev.net\/commercial-vehicle-focus-essential-to-a-successful-challenge-event\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:39:34","slug":"commercial-vehicle-focus-essential-to-a-successful-challenge-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/commercial-vehicle-focus-essential-to-a-successful-challenge-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Vehicle Focus: Essential to a Successful \u201cChallenge\u201d Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><br \/>\nLast summer, August 1\u20134, 2014, the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) spearheaded a 4-day, 5,600-mile, 15-state effort to completely eliminate traffic deaths on Interstates 90 and 94 during the I-90\/94 Challenge. Interest was high from coast to coast, participation was extraordinary\u2014a Minnesota trooper remarked, \u201cYou needed a reservation to sit in a median crossover\u201d\u2014and the results were significant.<\/p>\n<p>On two major interstates that averaged 524 crashes and 3 fatalities August 1\u20134 over the last three years, 13 of the 15 participating states reported no fatal crashes at all, although single fatalities did occur in Montana and Ohio. Over four days, troopers, deputies, and police officers investigated 427 crashes and issued 21,214 warnings and citations. The positive, nationwide media coverage that resulted was powerful.<a href=\"#1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of the 15 states involved in the I-90\/94 Challenge, 5 are on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration\u2019s (FMCSA\u2019s) \u201ctop ten\u201d list for fatal crashes involving large trucks or buses.<a href=\"#2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a> From Washington state to New York, nearly 18 percent (3,776) of the 21,000+ warnings and citations issued in those four days involved commercial vehicles, and 38 percent of those were issued in Minnesota.<a href=\"#3\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Basing the I-90\/94 Challenge plans on solid data required commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash data, general crash data, data collection, and analysis, all of which were possible due to partnerships with agencies whose common goal is to make U.S. highways safer.<\/p>\n<h3><big><b>Funding Fosters Training, Education, Opportunity<\/b><\/big><\/h3>\n<p>The FMSCA is an essential partner to law enforcement, with a mission closely aligned to those of the MSP and its law enforcement partners. FMCSA funding is put to good use in Minnesota where, as across the United States, troopers and other officers need consistent, updated training to enforce complex CMV safety laws.<\/p>\n<p>FMCSA funding has exceeded $3.5 million each year since 2006 in Minnesota, all of it put to use in support of the joint mission to reduce deaths, injuries, and economic loss resulting from motor vehicle crashes involving commercial carriers. Education is a priority in that effort; state troopers, county sheriffs, and local law enforcement officers benefit from training made possible by FMCSA grant funds. In addition, MSP public education activities raise citizen awareness and support safe driving behaviors among commercial carriers and private motorists.<\/p>\n<p>A portion of the FMCSA funds received by the MSP is granted to the Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations to perform specific tasks (other than roadside inspections) related to CMV safety.<\/p>\n<p>Grant money retained by MSP is used to enforce all CMV federal regulations, including, but not limited to, hours of service, driver qualifications, equipment, and operation. It funds the salaries of sworn troopers and civilian CMV inspectors who conduct traffic stops and complete inspections and pays for equipment, vehicles, computers, fuel, and supplies needed to carry out safety enforcement functions. With those resources in place, Minnesota completes between 35,000 and 40,000 commercial motor vehicle inspections every year.<\/p>\n<p>The importance of enforcement on commercial motor vehicles is easily seen in Minnesota data from just five years, 2009\u20132013, when CMVs were involved in 20,389 crashes\u2014284 of which were fatal.<a href=\"#4\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><big><b>Planning the I-90\/94 Challenge<\/b><\/big><\/h3>\n<p>The entire planning process for this 15-state I-90\/I-94 Challenge would fill an article all by itself, but the salient point is that Minnesota\u2019s focus on CMV enforcement was an integral part of the operation, not just an afterthought. Data were collected from the 15 states and analyzed with assistance from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who helped the planning team choose dates by providing historical numbers on high-traffic, high-crash days and weeks in August.<\/p>\n<p>The team researched CMV crash corridors and stretches where high speeds are a consistent factor, and concentrated efforts on the three fixed scales located on I-90\/94 in Minnesota, where mobile units might apprehend scale dodgers. Leaders assigned additional numbers of (sworn and non-sworn) personnel and expanded their hours at scale operations\u2014a necessary step because weekends are normally staffed at lower levels. Mobile enforcement was increased to a level so noticeable that the high profile of law enforcement, alone, began to affect driver behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Although the specific details are complex, it should be noted that time spent on a comprehensive plan for this event was well invested. In addition to establishing rationale, goals, and objectives, the commitments of each participating partner were clearly defined. The plan also included communication objectives that included media coverage in all 15 states, establishing a single point of contact for each state, and using social media to keep public awareness alive, fresh, and spreading via Facebook, Twitter, and other venues. Traditional media, electronic message boards, and federal partners\u2019 publicity efforts also raised awareness of the event among drivers, media, and the general public.<\/p>\n<p>By design, the content of public messaging was simple, clear, and consistent. During the four-day event, the heavily promoted \u201cZero-for-Four\u201d theme expressed the goal of zero fatalities while supporting messages on seat belts, speed, impairment, and distraction were direct and uncomplicated. Electronic and print media responded with interest, checking the real-time updates MSP provided on social media and proactively seeking information on the progress of the enforcement effort every day of the campaign.<\/p>\n<h3><big><b>CMV Focus Improves Safety and Boosts Challenge Results<\/b><\/big><\/h3>\n<p>Jack Van Steenburg, assistant administrator and Chief Safety Officer with FMCSA, provided these facts to support the importance of CMV enforcement, \u201cIn 2013 there were 3,806 fatal crashes involving a large truck or a bus, and 4,251 people died in those crashes. These very precise statistics matter because each number represents a life cut short. Of those fatalities, the majority\u201483 percent\u2014were not the occupants of the large truck or bus. They were pedestrians, motorcycle riders, bicyclists, motorists in passenger vehicles, or using some other type of transportation.\u201d<a href=\"#5\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van Steenburg went on to note that large trucks and buses comprise only 4 percent of registered vehicles in the U.S., according to FMCSA data, and yet they are involved in 13 percent of fatal traffic crashes.<a href=\"#6\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a> That overrepresentation is another reason Minnesota makes CMV enforcement a priority.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers in charts and graphs of traffic safety data represent crashes\u2014not accidents. They are events that can be prevented. The data reflect behavioral and equipment issues. The data-driven, high-visibility enforcement of CMV traffic laws, performed in partnership, improves highway safety in Minnesota year-round, and a nationwide concentration on commercial vehicle enforcement in future \u201cChallenge\u201d events can improve traffic safety across the United States.<\/p>\n<table style=\"float: right;\" width=\"350\" cellpadding=\"8\" bgcolor=\"navy\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"navy\">\n<table cellpadding=\"8\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"goldenrod\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"99ccff\">\n<p><b>The National Law Enforcement Challenge<\/b> is a friendly competition among law enforcement agencies, focusing on traffic safety issues. Participating agencies are awarded points on their approaches to the traffic safety issues based on seven factors: Problem Identification, Policies, Planning, Training, Public Information &amp; Education, Enforcement, and Outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theiacp.org\/nlec-national-law-enforcement-challenge\"><b>www.theiacp.org\/nlec<\/b><\/a> to learn more.<br \/>\n<b>Application Deadline: May 1, 2015.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The MSP is grateful to have had the opportunity to spearhead this summer\u2019s successful event and for the enthusiasm and support received from law enforcement professionals in 15 states who protect motorists and enforce traffic laws on Interstates 90 and 94. The process was based on previous Interstate<br \/>\nChallenges, including ones in 2013 that encompassed 18 days and close to 9,300 miles of interstate highways.<a href=\"#7\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a> Four different states played lead roles in 2014, and together they covered almost 12,000 miles of interstate highway, where safety and awareness have both increased because of their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The support of each agency, along with federal partners such as FMCSA and NHTSA, combine to create momentum as law enforcement works on focused projects aimed at making a difference. Officers and agencies are challenged to commit to future traffic safety \u201cChallenge\u201d events as part of the overall IACP Drive to Save Lives campaign. &#x2666;<\/p>\n<p><b>Notes:<\/b><br \/>\n<a name=\"1\"><\/a><sup>1<\/sup>Bruce Gordon, \u201cNo Fatalities in Minnesota During Challenge,\u201d Minnesota Department of Public Safety press release, August 8, 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/\">https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ooc\/news-releases\/Pages\/No-Fatalities-in-Minnesota-During-Challenge.aspx<\/a> (accessed December 23, 2014).<br \/>\n<a name=\"2\"><\/a><sup>2<\/sup>U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, \u201cCommercial Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Facts,\u201d April 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmcsa.dot.gov\/sites\/fmcsa.dot.gov\/files\/docs\/CMV%20Traffic%20Safety%20Facts_508.pdf\">http:\/\/www.fmcsa.dot.gov\/sites\/fmcsa.dot.gov\/files\/docs\/CMV%20Traffic%20Safety%20Facts_508.pdf<\/a> (accessed December 23, 2014).<br \/>\n<a name=\"3\"><\/a><sup>3<\/sup>Figures based on data submitted by participating agencies.<br \/>\n<a href=\"4\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a>Minnesota Department of Public Safety, <i>Office of Traffic Safety Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts 2013<\/i>, June 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/\">https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ots\/reports-statistics\/Documents\/2013-crash-facts.pdf<\/a> (accessed December 23, 2014).<br \/>\n<a name=\"5\"><\/a><sup>5<\/sup>Jack Van Steenburg, \u201cRegular Traffic Enforcement Can Play a Crucial Role in Defining Commercial Vehicle Safety,\u201d <i>The Police Chief<\/i> 81, no. 12 (December 2014): 86.<br \/>\n<a name=\"6\"><\/a><sup>6<\/sup>Ibid.<br \/>\n<a name=\"7\"><\/a><sup>7<\/sup>Kenneth L. Morckel (director, Law Enforcement\/Homeland Security Services, First Response Enterprises, LLC), email, October 10, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Please cite as<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\">Matt Langer, \u201cCommercial Vehicle Focus: Essential to a Successful \u201cChallenge\u201d Event,\u201d Highway Safety Initiatives, <i>The Police Chief<\/i> 82 (February 2015): 64\u201365.<\/p>\n<table width=\"1000\" cellpadding=\"9\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"navy\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"9\" bgcolor=\"goldenrod\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"ffffff\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\"><b><i>Police Chief<\/i> Wants to Know Your Idea!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\"><i>Police Chief<\/i> is looking for great ideas about improving policing. Tell us about an idea that you believe would improve any aspect of policing. Your idea could be on how police can fight crime, leverage technology, be safe, create safety in the community, build community trust, or any other innovative idea that would reinvent or improve the craft of policing. If it is a great idea that makes us say \u201cWhy didn\u2019t anyone think of that sooner?\u201d we\u2019ll include it in our \u201cGreat Ideas in Law Enforcement\u201d edition (September 2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/editorial\">here<\/a> to learn more. <b>Submission deadline is May 1, 2015.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, August 1\u20134, 2014, the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) spearheaded a 4-day, 5,600-mile, 15-state effort to completely eliminate traffic deaths on Interstates 90 and 94 during the I-90\/94 Challenge. Interest was high from coast to coast, participation was extraordinary\u2014a Minnesota trooper remarked, \u201cYou needed a reservation to sit in a median crossover\u201d\u2014and the results were significant.<\/p>\n<p>On two major interstates that averaged 524 crashes and 3 fatalities August 1\u20134 over the last three years, 13 of the 15 participating states reported no fatal crashes at all, although single fatalities did occur in Montana and Ohio. Over four days, troopers, deputies, and police officers investigated 427 crashes and issued 21,214 warnings and citations. The positive, nationwide media coverage that resulted was powerful.<a href=\"#1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic-safety"],"acf":{"post_author":"<strong>Matt Langer, Chief, Minnesota State Patrol<\/strong>","legacy_article_id":"3630","legacy_issue_id":"22015","main_category":"Traffic Safety"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commercial Vehicle Focus: Essential to a Successful \u201cChallenge\u201d Event - Police Chief Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/commercial-vehicle-focus-essential-to-a-successful-challenge-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commercial Vehicle Focus: Essential to a Successful \u201cChallenge\u201d Event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last summer, August 1\u20134, 2014, the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) spearheaded a 4-day, 5,600-mile, 15-state effort to completely eliminate traffic deaths on Interstates 90 and 94 during the I-90\/94 Challenge. 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