OSHP and ODOT to partner on traffic safety initiative

The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OHSP) and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) are to partner in traffic safety initiative in a bid to change driver behaviour and reverse the upward trend of traffic deaths in the state, which has recorded 76 more deaths in the period to June 2015 than in the same period last year. The initiative will use the 130 ODOT digital message boards visible above highways across the state and will rotate between the year-to-date number of traffic deaths of 2015 and traffic
June 30, 2015 Read time: 1 min
The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OHSP) and the 7609 Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) are to partner in traffic safety initiative in a bid to change driver behaviour and reverse the upward trend of traffic deaths in the state, which has recorded 76 more deaths in the period to June 2015 than in the same period last year.

The initiative will use the 130 ODOT digital message boards visible above highways across the state and will rotate between the year-to-date number of traffic deaths of 2015 and traffic safety messaging, such as Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

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