Dept. of Transportation: Wisconsin State Patrol to partner with Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association for safe driving enforcement campaign

Wisconsin State Patrol officers will regulate motorists from a brand new vantage level this week, as they crew up with semi-truck drivers to maintain Wisconsin highways secure.

Officers throughout the state will be part of truck drivers of their cabs in the course of the Trooper in a Truck marketing campaign. It’s a part of Operation Protected Driver Week, an consciousness and enforcement initiative aimed toward bettering driving behaviors of passenger automobile and business motorized vehicle (CMV) drivers.

Troopers will maintain an eye fixed out for points like distracted driving, seat belt violations and following too carefully. As soon as an officer spots a violation from the truck cab, they may radio to patrol automobiles within the space for applicable enforcement motion.

State Patrol officers and Wisconsin Motor Service Affiliation consultants will probably be obtainable for interviews every day earlier than the Trooper in a Truck enforcement begins.

Interviews will solely be obtainable between 7:30 – 8 a.m. on the scheduled dates. Members of the media is not going to be allowed within the truck cabs in the course of the enforcement.

Please RSVP to [email protected] if planning to attend the next occasions:

Tuesday, July 12 – State Patrol Eau Claire Publish

5005 U.S. Freeway 53

Eau Claire, WI 54701
Day-of contact: Sgt. Josh Mauer, 715-839-3800

Wednesday, July 13 – State Patrol DeForest Publish

911 W. North Avenue

DeForest, WI 53532
Day-of contact: Sgt. Ryan Zukowski, 608-846-8500

Thursday, July 14 – WisDOT Northeast Area Workplace

944 Vanderperren Means

Inexperienced Bay, WI 54304
Day-of contact: Sgt. Clint Beck, 920-929-3700

Friday, July 15 – State Patrol Wausau Publish

227301 Shrike Avenue

Wausau, WI 54401
Day-of contact: Sgt. Luke Turner, 715-845-1143

Since 2017, Wisconsin has averaged about 7,000 crashes involving massive vehicles yearly. 94 folks died in these incidents in 2021.

State Patrol troopers and inspectors work often to implement visitors legal guidelines to scale back crashes involving CMVs, together with enforcement particulars in areas with security challenges. In 2021, almost 15,000 CMV operators had been stopped for visitors violations and roughly 9,700 different drivers had been pulled over for violations impacting secure CMV operation.