That Truck You Just Passed Might Have a State Trooper on Board
The Kansas State Police is in their second year of driving in the cab of big rigs in an effort to promote highway safety. The program was started in 2007 and is called Trucks on Patrol for Safety (TOPS). The first iteration of the program ran from April to mid-May of this year and a second 7 week program is scheduled for later this summer. No specific dates have been provided for exactly when – but one should be just a bit more cautious when driving through Kansas this summer.
The first program this year seemed to indicate that big rig drivers are safer than the average automobile driver – duh! Automobile drivers were cited for 64 moving violations and 156 speeding tickets. Truck drivers received just five moving violations and no speeding tickets. Seems to me in addition to a safety thing – it just costs too much fuel to speed. The statistics on what happened are here.
I guess it's a good thing, but to think that my brothers behind the wheel might have a State Trooper on board is a bit troubling. Maybe it's just me – are there any other thoughts out there?
