The Department of Transportation's subdivision Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration affiliate program TACT, or Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks program encourages driving behaviors that allow passenger vehicles and commercial motor vehicles to share our nation's roads and highways safely.
Commercial motor vehicle and
tractor-trailer truck accidents account for many of our nation's road and highway accidents and fatalities every year. In 2008, there were 4,229 deaths that involved commercial vehicles in the United States. This number, however, was a 12 percent decrease from the year before with 4,822 deaths in the year 2007.
The federal government believes that this drop in fatalities is partially to account for safer driver programs. By being aware of the conditions commercial motor vehicle require on the roads in comparison to passenger vehicles (standard cars and trucks), such as more room and maneuverability, drivers can better avoid dangerous collisions with these vehicles.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration works to educate motorists on how to share the road safely. One of the ways the federal government does this is through state-by-state programs like
Click It or Ticket and
Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT). TACT's mission is "to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes, injuries and fatalities" via a visible traffic enforcement program to promote safe driving behaviors among both car and truck drivers.
